Neil Armstrong had piloted 200 different types of aircraft. Military service also gave him a strong sense of leadership and teamwork, which would be indispensable as a test pilot. The Navy also ...

Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1947, Armstrong enrolled at Purdue University on a Navy scholarship to pursue ... he served as an ...

I’m Neil Armstrong ... Neil got his pilot’s licence when he was just 16, before he could even drive a car. Before he became an astronaut, Neil flew fighter planes for the navy and later ...

Whether helping astronauts enter Earth orbit, walk on the moon, pilot a space shuttle ... Mercury/Gemini: The first space suits were modified U.S. Navy jet-aircraft pressure suits.

Before Neil Armstrong took his small step onto the moon, an unexpected turn of events sent the mission off-course. Armstrong was the Apollo 11 mission commander and pilot of the lunar module ...

The crew of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, from left, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong, pose with a model of the moon in 1969. Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin pose in front of ...