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Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong
(August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American
astronaut
and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an
aerospace engineer
,
naval aviator
,
test pilot
, and
university professor
. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an
officer
in the
U.S. Navy
and served in the Korean War. After the war, he earned his bachelor's degree at
Purdue University
and served as a test pilot at the
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
(NACA)
High-Speed Flight Station
, where he logged over 900 flights. He later completed graduate studies at the
University of Southern California
.
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