the next frontier
Neil Armstrong, best known as the first man on the moon, and as having said the iconic words: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." passed away this weekend. He was 82 years old. (NY Times obit here .) Neil A. Armstrong bio: Born August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Married. Two sons. Bachelor of Science degree, aeronautical engineering, Purdue University; Master of Science in aerospace engineering, University of Southern California From 1949 to 1952 he served as a naval aviator and flew 78 combat missions during the Korean War Armstrong joined NACA, (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), NASA's predecessor, as a research pilot at the Lewis Laboratory in Cleveland and later transferred to the NACA High Speed Flight Station at Edwards AFB, California. In 1962, Armstrong was transferred to astronaut status, serving as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission, launched March 16, 1966. He performed the firs...