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Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
In real life, Neil Armstrong and Janet divorced after they were married for 38 years. Josh Singer, who wrote the screenplay for First Man, told Vanity Fair that Armstrong responded to trauma by...
He resigned from NASA in 1971 and immersed himself in various academic and professional pursuits for the rest of his life. Neil Armstrong (born August 5, 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S.—died August 25, 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio) was a U.S. astronaut, and the first person to set foot on the Moon.
Personal Life. Armstrong married Janet Shearon on January 28, 1956. The couple soon added to their family. Son Eric arrived in 1957, followed by daughter Karen in 1959.
The movie "First Man," starring Ryan Gosling, is an intimate portrait of Neil Armstrong. Biographer James Hansen discusses the moonwalker's storied life.
Neil was chosen for NASA’s astronaut training program in Houston, but he and his wife Janet also lost their second child, a two-year-old daughter named Karen, to an inoperable brain tumor.
According to The Telegraph, the Armstrongs divorced in 1994 after being separated for some time. But Janet still remained tied to NASA by bonds of friendship and suffering, going on to live her...
Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 mission to moon, in training for his work on the lunar surface, 1969. Apollo 11 lifts off on its historic flight to the moon, July 16, 1969. Jan Armstrong, wife of astronaut Neil Armstrong, and sons gaze up as Apollo 11 heads for space, Florida, 1969.
Now, the brand new Armstrong-Engel Family Gallery has published personal, never-before-seen images of Neil and his family beginning in 1955 during his Edwards days gong all the way to 1969 and the Moon landing. The gallery is the legacy of Neil Armstrong’s mother, Viola Armstrong, née Engel.
Neil A. Armstrong served as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952 before joining the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Lewis Flight.