Guess Who This Is! - Refer: Neil Armstrong

Real/Birth Name:

Neil Alden Armstrong

Also Known As:

Neil A. Armstrong

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

August 5, 1930

Death Date:

August 25, 2012

Age at Death:

82, 20 days after his birthday

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Leo ♌ - the Lion - people born July 23 through August 21

Birth Place:

Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA

Brief Facts:

Space Missions:

Apollo 11 (1969)
First manned landing, in Sea of Tranquility.

Gemini 8 (1966)
Accomplished first docking with another space vehicle, an unmanned Agena Target Vehicle. While docked, a Gemini spacecraft thruster malfunction caused near-fatal tumbling of the craft, which, after undocking, Armstrong was able to overcome; the crew effected the first emergency landing of a manned U.S. space mission.

X-15
Multiple flights by a rocket-powered aircraft. Some qualified by the US Air Force for an Astronaut Medal, exceeding 50 miles altitude.

Halls of Fame, Awards, etc.

Aerospace Walk of Honor 1991.

Congressional Gold Medal 2009.

Congressional Space Medal of Honor 1978.

International Air & Space Hall of Fame 1971.

International Space Hall of Fame.

National Aviation Hall of Fame 1979.

Presidential Medal of Freedom 1969.

U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 1993.

United States Naval Aviation Hall of Honor 2010.

Hollywood Walk of Fame A star at Corner of Hollywood Boulevard & Vine Street for contributions to the television industry, ceremony date: 14 January 1993

Neil Armstrong space, educator, aviator, engineer, moon, X-15

Brief Facts:

Space Missions:

Halls of Fame, Awards, etc.

Neil Armstrong
space, educator, aviator, engineer, moon, X-15