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many people may not remember this but

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Neil Armstrong was here from the very

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beginning an experienced Mabel aviator

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and the youngest pilot in his squadron

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he foods 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 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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ultimately reaching a speed of 4,000

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miles per hour and an altitude of more

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than two hundred seven thousand feet in

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1962 Armstrong was selected in a second

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class of NASA astronauts and in 1966 he

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and Dave Scott made history during their

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Gemini 8 flight by achieving the first

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docking in 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

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in 1969 Armstrong was selected as

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commander for Apollo 11 and on July 20th

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with only 20 seconds of fuel remaining

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he safely set the lunar module eagle on

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the surface of the Moon meeting the

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challenge John F Kennedy gave the nation