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**juidizHusw** · 08-26-2012, 02:25 PM

Dude could land on a rock blindfolded with 10 secs of fuel left and not have a pulse rate above 50.
What a ride.

He certainly was a special breed made of the right stuff.
He also had just as many harrowing adventures in his US Navy Air Force days....

Neil Armstrong
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Neil Armstrong

USAF / NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Born August 5, 1930
Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S.
Died August 25, 2012 (aged 82)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Previous occupation Naval aviator, test pilot
Time in space 8 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes and 31 seconds
Selection 1958 Man In Space Soonest
1960 Dyna-Soar
1962 NASA Group 2
Total EVAs 1
Total EVA time 2 hours 31 minutes
Missions Gemini 8, Apollo 11
Mission insignia
Awards
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.
Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. After the war, he served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he flew over 900 flights in a variety of aircraft. As a research pilot, Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100 Super Sabre A and C variants, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He also flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart, B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker, and was one of eight elite pilots involved in the paraglider research vehicle program (Paresev). He graduated from Purdue University and the University of Southern California.
A participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs, Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962. His first spaceflight was the NASA Gemini 8 mission in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first U.S. civilians to fly in space.[1] On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon along with Collins and Aldrin, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.

I'm sure he'll go where all the good Astronauts go.

Pity we didn't have more like him.

R.I.P.

08-26-2012, 02:25 PM	#2
juidizHusw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 328 Senior Member	Dude could land on a rock blindfolded with 10 secs of fuel left and not have a pulse rate above 50. What a ride. He certainly was a special breed made of the right stuff. He also had just as many harrowing adventures in his US Navy Air Force days.... Neil Armstrong From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Neil Armstrong (disambiguation). This article is about a person who has recently died. Some information, such as that pertaining to the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change as more facts become known. Neil Armstrong USAF / NASA Astronaut Nationality American Born August 5, 1930 Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S. Died August 25, 2012 (aged 82) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Previous occupation Naval aviator, test pilot Time in space 8 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes and 31 seconds Selection 1958 Man In Space Soonest 1960 Dyna-Soar 1962 NASA Group 2 Total EVAs 1 Total EVA time 2 hours 31 minutes Missions Gemini 8, Apollo 11 Mission insignia Awards Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. After the war, he served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he flew over 900 flights in a variety of aircraft. As a research pilot, Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100 Super Sabre A and C variants, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He also flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart, B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker, and was one of eight elite pilots involved in the paraglider research vehicle program (Paresev). He graduated from Purdue University and the University of Southern California. A participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs, Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962. His first spaceflight was the NASA Gemini 8 mission in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first U.S. civilians to fly in space.[1] On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon along with Collins and Aldrin, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009. I'm sure he'll go where all the good Astronauts go. Pity we didn't have more like him. R.I.P.
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