Neil Armstrong - A Giant Leap for Mankind
Neil Armstrong - A Giant Leap for Mankind is the biography of Neil Armstrong. Armstrong is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and naval aviator. He is the first person to have set foot on the Moon. His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this famous "giant leap for mankind," Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface ("The Eagle has landed") and spent 2.5 hours exploring while Michael Collins orbited above. Neil Armstrong - A Giant Leap for Mankind is highly recommended for those interested in reading more about Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon.
68 pages
English edition · First published 2008 by Filiquarian Publishing, LLC · ISBN 9781599861135
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