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Biographical information for Purdue graduate Neil Armstrong, who was Apollo 11 flight commander and the first man to walk on the moon.
On July 20, 1969 — the year of Purdue’s centennial — Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon; the next year, he received an honorary doctorate in engineering from Purdue. In 1971, following the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong retired from NASA, moving home to Ohio to work as a professor.
El comandante del Apolo 11, que pisó la Luna en 1969, estudió ingeniería aeroespacial en la Universidad de Purdue y obtuvo su Grado en 1955. Antes de eso, fue piloto de la Marina, de pruebas y de la NASA, y recibió la medalla de Oro del Congreso en 2011.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the moon’s surface, speaking the famous words “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” He served as commander of this historic Apollo 11 mission, on which he also became the first person to land a spacecraft on the moon.
9 de jul. de 2019 · WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —Purdue University students who dream to follow in Neil Armstrong’s footsteps don’t have to go very far to find inspiration. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon and a Purdue alumnus, started donating more than 450 boxes of his own manuscripts, personal papers, working files and artifacts during ...
11 de ago. de 2009 · EL COMIENZO. Neil Armstrong nació el 5 de agosto de 1930 en la granja de sus abuelos, en Ohio. Como un reflejo de la historia bíblica de Ana y su primogénito Samuel, cuando la madre de Neil supo que estaba embarazada, se arrodilló y «di gracias a Dios con todo mi corazón».
26 de feb. de 2024 · He attended Purdue University, earning a Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering in 1955. During the Korean War, which interrupted his engineering studies, he flew 78 combat missions in F9F-2 jet fighters. He was awarded the Air Medal and two Gold Stars.
