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By. Alex B. Clark

Neil Alden Armstrong Born August 5, 1930


 * Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio
 * Father: Stephen Armstrong [[image:apollo-11-moon-landing.jpg width="254" height="152" align="right"]]
 * Mother: Viola Engel
 * Had two brothers: June and Dean
 * Age at first space flight: 36
 * First mission: Gemini 8
 * First mission: March 16, 1966
 * First mission vehicles: Titan II
 * Total missions: 2
 * Total time in space: 8 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes
 * First man on the moon
 * Honors: Korean Service Medal and Engagement Star, Presidential Medal of Freedom, The Congressional Space Medal of Honor, The Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, The Sylvanus Thayer Award, The Congressional Gold Medal, and also admitted to the Astronaut Hall of Fame
 * Positions: U.S. Navy Pilot during the Korean War

Neil Armstrong was a brave man to go up into outerspace were only one other man has been. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. were the first two humans to step on the moon. Even though they were the first humans on the moon, Armstrong was the first to step on the moon. They also put an American flag on the moon. The only countries to have flags on the moon are the United States, USSR, Japan, and India.

Quotes: I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine. -Neil Armstrong

I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. -Neil Armstrong

The Eagle has landed. -Neil Armstrong This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. -Neil Armstrong

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