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Known As
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The first person to walk on the Moon
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Career
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1949-1952 Flew 78 combat missions as a United States Navy pilot in Korea
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1955 Received a B.S. in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University
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1962 Joined the NASA astronaut program
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March 1966 Commanded the Gemini 8, which participated in the first successful docking of two spacecraft
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July 20, 1969 At 10:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, became the first human to step on the Moon's surface
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1970 Received his M.S. in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California
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1970 Became NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics
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1971-1979 Taught aeronautical engineering at the University of Cincinnati
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1986 Was appointed vice chairman of the committee that investigated the Challenger disaster
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Quote
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'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.' July 20, 1969, as he took his first steps on the Moon.
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Did You Know
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Armstrong received his student pilot's license when he was 16 years old.
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Due to the global significance of the Apollo 11 mission, the mission patch did not include the individual crew members' names.
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Armstrong spent three weeks in quarantine upon his return from the Moon.
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For the telecast from the Moon, Armstrong and his associates won the Best Foreign Television award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1969.
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