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Neil Armstrong's first flight was on Gemini 8 in 1966 and he was assigned to be the command pilot. This was when he became the first US citizens to fly in space. Joseph Albert Walker was the first US citizen to take flight in space several years earlier than Armstrong.
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∙ 16y agoUpon graduating from Purdue, Armstrong decided to try to become an experimental test-pilot, specifically a research pilot. He applied at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards-air-force-base. They had no positions so they passed on the application to the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland Ohio, where he started working in February 1955. He was there for only five months before taking a position at Edwards. Taken from Answers.com
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∙ 13y agoNeil Armstrong joined NASA in 1957,
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∙ 16y agoArmstrong was 32 when he became an astronaut in 1962.
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∙ 13y agoHe could be 26 years, as he had graduated from university, he then joint up for the test pilots course at Edwards Air Force base.
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∙ 7y agoWhen he was a child and he loved learning about it
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∙ 10y agoApril,12,1945
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Was Neil Armstrong a captain?
No, Neil Armstrong was an astronaut.
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Neil Armstrong was the astronaut. Louis Armstrong was a trumpet player.
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no a poilt he was never interested about it! :P
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Neil Armstrong is a famous astronaut who landed on the moon.
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Neil Armstrong became an astronaut in 2010 at the age of three
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Was Neil Armstrong a captain?
No, Neil Armstrong was an astronaut.
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Neil Armstrong... the Astronaut? None that I know of.He was an Astronaut.
Was Louie Armstrong an astronaut?
Neil Armstrong was the astronaut. Louis Armstrong was a trumpet player.
When did nil Armstrong become a astronaut?
Neil Armstrong NASA's best astronaut, became a astronaut in 1962. A few years later he was the first man to land on the moon in 1969.
Who was on the moon first?
Neil Armstrong 1969
Did Neil Armstrong want to be a astronaut when he was younger?
no a poilt he was never interested about it! :P
How will you capitalize this sentence neil Armstrong a famous astronaut landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong is a famous astronaut who landed on the moon.
Who is first astronaut?
neil armstrong
Who is a famous astronaut?
Neil Armstrong
Is the astronaut Neil Armstrong a Muslim?
No.
