About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 101. Chapters: Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Apollo 10, Mariner 6 and 7, Apollo 9, Alan Bean, Apollo Lunar Module, Luna 15, Soyuz, Saturn V, Apollo 11 goodwill messages, Black Arrow, N1, Pete Conrad, David Scott, Thomas Patten Stafford, James McDivitt, John Young, John P. Healey, Eugene Cernan, OSO 5, Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Soyuz 5, Soyuz 4, Boris Volynov, Rusty Schweickart, Soyuz 6, Vladislav Volkov, Soyuz 7, Soyuz 8, Mars 2M No.522, Valeri Kubasov, Kosmos 295, Mars 2M No.521, Vladimir Shatalov, Luna E-8-5 No.402, Kosmos 285, Kosmos 319, Kosmos 303, Kosmos 311, Kosmos 314, Kosmos 265, Kosmos 283, Kosmos 277, Kosmos 307, Kosmos 268, Kosmos 308, Kosmos 275, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Venera 5, Zond 7, Yevgeny Khrunov, Venera 6, Anatoly Filipchenko, Viktor Gorbatko, Georgi Shonin. Excerpt: Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is an American aviator and former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person to set foot on 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 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 progra...
