Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1947, Armstrong enrolled at Purdue University on a Navy scholarship to pursue a degree in ...

I’m Neil Armstrong. These are my buddies Buzz Aldrin ... Before he became an astronaut, Neil flew fighter planes for the navy and later tested rocket-powered planes. It was a very dangerous ...

Neil Armstrong had piloted 200 different types of aircraft. Military service also gave him a strong sense of leadership and teamwork, which would be indispensable as a test pilot. The Navy also ...