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LastDodo number
2167497
Area
Autographs
Title
Armstrong, Neil
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Category
Keyword
Year
2011
Dimensions
postkaart
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This American pilot / astronaut was born on August 5, 1930 in Wapakonetta, Ohio. He died on August 25, 2012 and became a pilot in 1950. Twelve years later, he became an astronaut. In March 1966, he was put in charge of the Gemini-8 project, which aimed to link spacecraft in space. Then he was added to the Apollo project. In July 1969, he was put in charge of the Apollo 11 mission. Together with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins he went into space on 16/07/1969 to be the first human to set foot on the moon 5 days later! On July 24, the capsule landed back on Earth. Neil Armstrong left NASA in 1971 and became a professor of aerospace engineering.

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