Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong's Life
Neil Armstrong Born
August 5, 1930
Neil Armstrong was born in a farmhouse in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
Neil Armstrong's First Air Show
1932
Neil went to his first air show (National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio) at age two.
Neil Armstrong's First Flight
1936
Neil Armstrong goes on his first flight aboard a Ford Tri-Motor in Warren, Ohio.
Neil Armostrong Earns Pilot's License
1945
At age 16 Neil received his pilot's license.
Neil Armstrong Goes to College
1947
Neil attended Purdue University in Indiana on a Navy Scholarship.
Neil Armstrong Begins Active Service in the Navy
1949
Attended Navy Flight School in Pensecola, Florida.
Neil Armstrong Graduates from Navy Flight School
August 1950
Neil earns his wings with the Navy.
Neil Armstrong Serves in Korean War
August 1950 - 1952
Neil flew 78 combat missions with USS Essex. He would use a Grumman F9F Panther to scout strike locations.
Neil Armstrong Returns to College
September 1952
Neil returned to Purdue University
Neil Armstrong Marries Janet Shearon
1956
Eric Armstrong Born
1957
Karen Armstrong Born
1959
Neil Armstrong Flies X-15
December 1960 - July 1962
Neil worked on and flew the experimental rocket plane.
Karen Armstrong Dies
January 1962
Karen died of brain cancer.
Neil Armstrong is Chosen as an Astronaut
September 17,1962
Gemini 8 Docks
March 16, 1966
Gemini 8 Launches
March 16, 1966
Gemini 8 Splashdown
March 17, 1966
Emergency Landing
Apollo 1 Astronauts Die
January 27, 1967
Neil Armstrong's Training Craft Crashes
May 6, 1968
The craft designed to mimic a lunar lander malfunctioned and crashed.
Apollo 8 Orbits the Moon
December 1968
Apollo 11 Launches
July 16, 1969
Neil Armstrong Walks on the Moon
July 20, 1969
Apollo 11 Splashdown
July 24, 1969
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Peace Corps
1971 - 1973
Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati
1971 - 1979
Chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc.
1982 - 1992
Member of the National Commission on Space
1985 - 1986
Neil Armstrong Divorces Janet Sharon
1994
Neil Armstrong Marries Carol Held Knight
1994
Neil Armstrong Dies
August 25, 2012
Neil Armstrong passes away in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The World
What was happening in the world at the same time?
Great Depression Ends
1939
Economy Recovers
Worl War II
Sep 1, 1939 - Sep 2, 1945
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
Cold War
1947 - 1991
Chuck Yeager Breaks Sound Barrier
October 14, 1947
Chuck Yeager flies an experimental Bell X-1 at supersonic speeds for the first time.
Korean War
June 25, 1950 - July 27 1953
The United States aids South Korea in fighting off the invading North Koreans aided by China.
Sputnik Launched
October 4, 1957
First satellite
Sputnik 2
November 3, 1957
Sputnik 2 Launches with a dog named Laika aboard.
NASA Created
July 29, 1958
JFK Elected President
November 08, 1960
Yuri Gagarin is the first man in Space
April 12, 1961
The USSR launches Yuri who orbits the Earth.
Alan Shepard is the First American in Space
May 5, 1961
JFK Assasinated
November 22, 1963
JFK killed in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Martin Luther King Killed
April 4, 1968
First Space Shuttle Lunch
April 12, 1981
Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off exactly 20 years after the first manned spaceflight.
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
January 28, 1986
ISS Built
1998 - 2011
9/11 Attacks
2001
Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
February 1, 2003