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Neil Armstrong

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

Neil Alden Armstrong

BIRTHDAY

August 5, 1930

BORN ON DAY

Tuesday

BIRTHPLACE

Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States

DIED AT AGE

82 Years 0 Months 20 Days

DEATHDATE

August 25, 2012

DEATHPLACE

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

CAUSE OF DEATH

Complications from Cardiac Surgery

NATIONALITY

American

PROFESSION

Astronauts (NASA)

ZODIAC

LEO

Physical Stats

CHEST

N/A

BICEPS

N/A

WAIST

N/A

HEIGHT

5'11''(feet & inches)

1.8034 meters

180.34 cm

WEIGHT

N/A

Neil Armstrong Family Members

Parents

MOTHER

Viola Armstrong

FATHER

Stephen Armstrong

BROTHER(S) NAME

Dean Armstrong

SISTER(S) NAME

June Armstrong

CHILDHOOD IMAGE

Neil Armstrong Marriage, Affairs and Children

SPOUSE

Janet Shearon (1956-1994)

Child(ren) of Neil Armstrong and Janet Shearon

Eric Armstrong ( 1957) (Son)

Karen Armstrong (13 April, 1959) (Daughter) (Died on 28 January 1962)

Mark Armstrong ( 1963) (Son)

SPOUSE

Carol Held Knight (1994-2012)

Fame & Address

SIGNATURE

DEBUT

FAMOUS FROM/AS

First person to walk on the Moon (1969)

Education, Net Worth & More

RELIGION

Deist

SCHOOLING FROM

Blume High School

COLLEGE

Purdue University

QUALIFICATION

Aeronautical Engineering

NET WORTH

$8 Million

More Information

Career of Neil Armstrong

He was recruited for the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest program in June 1958 but it was canceled soon afterward. He was selected for the X-20 Dyna-Soar in 1960. He applied for an astronaut on 1962 and after a medical exam, he was selected at NASA. After retiring from NASA, he worked as a professor.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Neil Armstrong

Did Neil Armstrong takes alcohol? NA.
Was Neil Armstrong in the habit of Smoking? NA.
We all know Neil Armstrong as the first man who put his step on the moon but very few of us know about the hard work he had behind this success. He was just ten when he was working at a cemetery where he received $1 to cut the grass. He had done many other odd jobs to earn money to get flying lessons.
He can fly but can't drive when he was 16. As at the time he received his pilot license but did not have his driving license.
His famous quote was not exactly what we know. According to most television viewers, he said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" but according to his biography he said, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind". There may be a chance that "a" had been missed on transmission.
Many of us think that why the first man who put his step on the moon was Neil and not Buzz. It had a simple reply that the exit of Apollo II was on the Armstrong side and Buzz had to climb over Armstrong to get out first.
The bag of dust which he collected from the surface of the moon was of million dollars. The lunar collection bag which he used to hold was sold in an auction for $995. A Chicago resident Nancy Lee Carlson purchased this bag and sent this bag to NASA to confirm the authenticity. NASA refused to give it back and replied this is their property. Carlson sued NASA and the decision was in favor of her. She sold the bag at a Sotheby's auction for $1.8 million.
After getting a lot of fame by touching the moon, all the three Armstrong, Aldrin, and Michael Collins had to stay in a quarantined for three weeks as a precaution for that they did not have any strange space virus.
Playtex (better known as the International Latex Corporation) had the honor of designing their spacesuit.
The question that arises in the mind that what he was doing after touching the moon. He worked as a professor of engineering at the University of Cincinnati after his retirement from NASA.
He sued Hallmark for using his name without his permission for a Christmas ornament. The case was settled out of the court.
Very few of us know that his application to become an astronaut arrived a week later than the deadline but Dick Day who was close to him saw his application and slipped it into the pile before anyone noticed. (Think! if Dick had not done this. Then what would happen)

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John F. Whalen

In 1969 several of my college fraternity brothers drove with me from Owensboro Kentucky to Wapakeneta, Ohio to meet Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong. We were in the same Fraternity as Neil Armstrong. Phi Delta Theta., and wanted to meet the parents of the first man to step on the moon. They were extremely friendly and excited to have us. It was a day that I will never forget.