Tamara Hollingsworth
Consultant
Publishing Credits
Glenn Manns, M.A.
Dona Herweck Rice, Editor-in-Chief ; Lee Aucoin ,
Teaching American History Coordinator
Creative Director ; Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Editorial
Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative
Director ; Jamey Acosta, Associate Editor; Neri
Garcia, Senior Designer ; Stephanie Reid, Photo
Researcher ; Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.A.Ed., Publisher
Image Credits
cover NASA Human Spaceflight Collection; p.1 NASA Human Spaceflight Collection; p.4 (left)
Ohio Historical Society, (right) mkm3/Shutterstock; p.5 Ohio Historical Society; p.6 ClassicStock/
Alamy; p.7 JM Knapp/Flickr; p.8 Tomo Jesenicnik/Shutterstock; p.9 Ivan Cholakov/Shutterstock;
p.10 Michal Baranski/Shutterstock; p.11 (top left) NASA Johnson Space Center Collection,
(top right) Wright/Wikimedia, (bottom) Lee Noland/Wikimedia; p.12 NASA; p.13 Stephen B.
Goodwin/Shutterstock; p.14 NASA; p.15 (left) NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection,
(right) NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection; p.16 NASA Great Images in Nasa
Collection; p.17 NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection; p.18 NASA Kennedy Space
Center; p.19 AFP/Getty Images; p.20 Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; p.21 NASA Great Images
in Nasa Collection ; p.22 (left) NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection, (right) Alistair Scott/
Shutterstock; p.23 RIA Novosti/Alamy; p.24 NASA Kennedy Space Center; p.25 MCT/Newscom;
p.26 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Collection; p.27 Neil Armstrong Elementary School;
p.28 (left) Ohio Historical Society, (right) NASA; p.29 (left) NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Collection, (right) NASA 50th Anniversary Image Gallery; p.32 Doug Stoup
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Table of Contents
Young Neil
Neil Armstrong was born on August 5,
1930. His family lived in Ohio. They moved
often. The family lived in 20 towns when
Neil was a boy!
Young Neil in his band uniform
Neil and his younger sister riding a tricycle
Neil always liked to try new things.
He was adventurous (ad-VEN-cher-uhs).
He joined a club called the Boy Scouts.
The Boy Scouts practiced survival skills.
Fun Fact
Boy Scouts learn how to make camp
fires, put up tents, and tie knots.
A boy scout from 1940
Neils photo in his high school yearbook
Neil went to air shows with his father.
He rode in his first plane when he was
six. He loved it! He knew then that he
wanted to be a pilot .
An air show with old-time airplanes
The cockpit inside a military airplane
Fun Fact
Neil got his pilots
license when he
was just 16!
Neil grew up, but he still wanted to
try new things. He joined the navy . With
the navy, Neil got to see the world. He
also got to fly airplanes.
Russia
Scotland
United States
Korea
A world map showing some of the places Neil visited
Neil
A navy ship
Neil on a navy ship
Military airplanes parked on a navy ship
Neil and Space Flight
Neil wanted to learn more. The navy
sent him to college. He took special classes
to learn about flying in space.
Neil studying
Neil went to Purdue University.
Neil wanted to use the new things
he learned in college. He went to work
at NASA . NASA is Americas space
program. He helped design and fix planes
and rockets . He became an astronaut .
Neil
Neil and a team of astronauts
Fun Fact
Astronauts become a little
taller in space! Since there
is less gravity , their bones
are less squashed together.
Neil
Neil in his space uniform
Neil and other astronauts
going to the space craft
As an astronaut, Neil flew into space.
People thought flying in space was
dangerous. Not Neil. He loved going to
new places! Next, he wanted to go to
the moon.
Neil and the crew waiting to be picked up by a navy ship