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many people may not remember these but

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Neil Armstrong was here from the very

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beginning an experienced naval aviator

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and the youngest pilot in a squadron

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he flew 78 combat missions during the

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Korean War and returned home a decorated

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veteran Armstrong later joined the

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National Advisory Committee for

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Aeronautics or NACA which was NASA's

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predecessor there he was a test pilot at

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the Lewis laboratory in Cleveland and

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later transferred to Edwards Air Force

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Base where he was a project pilot on

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many high-speed aircraft among them the

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x-15 he made seven flights in the x-15

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reaching 4,000 miles per hour and an

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altitude of more than two hundred and

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seven thousand feet in 1962 Armstrong

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was selected in the second class of

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astronauts and in 1966 he and Dave Scott

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made history during their jiminy eight

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flight by achieving the first docking

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and space his calm and methodical

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approach to flying saved the mission

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after the spacecraft started spinning

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dangerously out of control in 1969 Neil

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was selected as commander for Apollo 11

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and on July 20th with only about 20

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seconds of fuel remaining he safely set

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the lunar module eagle on the surface of

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the Moon meeting the challenge President

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John F Kennedy gave the nation with five

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months to spare