Neil Armstrong was born in august 5.1930
(YG march 9.1934) and died in august 25.2012
(YG march 27.1968). Neil Armstrong was first human on the moon
(YG first human in the space). Neil with his team were flying
(YG has flown alone) on
16—24 July 1969
(YG april 12.1961).Neil has flew with space mission Apollo 11
(YG wostok 1).
Space Training
In October 1958, he was enrolled in a group of pilots preparing for an experimental rocket planes in flights on the North American X-15. In November 1960, it made its first flight at rocket planes. Total to July 1962 made seven flights on these devices, but never reached the level of fifty miles, according to the US Air Force Space abroad. At the same time engaged in working off the projected landing the X-20 Dyna Soar on specially equipped aircraft simulator F-102A and F5D. In July 1962 he disillusioned with rocket planes, and left the project and a half years before its complete closure. In September 1962, he passed a competition of two hundred and fifty applicants, was enrolled in the 2nd set of NASA astronauts and began to prepare to fly into space.
In July 1969 he commanded the crew of the spaceship "Apollo 11", whose main task was the first in the history of the moon landing. July 20 became the first man to set foot on the lunar surface. Stepping onto the surface of the moon, Armstrong uttered the historic phrase (See. Sound quote):
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
vizit to ussr
Nearly a year after his flight to the moon in May-June 1970, Neil Armstrong made a visit to the USSR. May 24 he arrived in Leningrad, where in the delegation of thirty-two senior staff and scientific experts NASA attended the XIII Annual Conference of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) of the International Council for Science, which was held May 20-29
