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Neil Armstrong's Life And Accomplishments

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Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 in Ohio. He was born to be an astronaut. He worked hard at NASA and worked his way up to become an astronaut. Neil Armstrong had a significant impact on the 1960s, because he was the 1st person to walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Armstrong went to Purdue University. He became an astronaut in 1962. His 1st mission was on the Gemini 8 with David Scott (another astronaut). Gemini 8 was the sixth- crewed earth- orbiting spacecraft of Gemini series. The purpose of this was to perform rendezvous and four docking tests with the Agena target vehicle and to execute EVA experiment. On July 21, 1969 Armstrong boarded the Apollo 11 which was designed to land a

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