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Neil Alden Armstrong, 5 August 1930 to 25 August 2012 (82 years) X-15 Missions: 7 flights from 30 November 1960 to 26 July 1962 Highest Speed: Mach 5.74 (3,989 mph)xxxxxxxxxxHighest Altitude: 207,500 feet (39.3 miles) |
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Neil A. Armstrong, National Aeronautics & Space Administration. X-15 Pilot no. 7. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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Neil at age 3. Armstrong Air & Space Museum |
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High School Band Officers: M. Hartup, Neil Armstrong, and K. Brandt. Armstrong Air & Space Museum |
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Neil was born on 5 Aug. 1930 on this farm outside Wapakoneta, Ohio. Armstrong Air & Space Museum |
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Neil's high school photo. His yearbook saying: "He thinks, he acts, 'tis done." Armstrong Air & Space Museum |
Newly-minted Naval Aviator Neil Armstrong. Armstrong Air & Space Museum |
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Armstrong (upper left) with his VF-51 squadron mates aboard the USS Essex in 1951. author's collection |
Ensign Neil Armstrong on 23 May 1952. author's collection |
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Neil flew the F9F-2 Panther during the Korean War. Neil is flying no. 116. author's collection |
Wedding of Janet Shearon and Neil Armstrong on 28 Jan. 1956. author's collection |
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Neil (2nd from left) in the "Throne Room" at the Johnsville centrifuge. Eleanor O'Rangers SE Pennsylvania Cold War Society |
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Neil at his disarranged desk at the Flight Research Center. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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Neil is helped from the Johnsville centrifuge gondola following a test run. Eleanor O'Rangers SE Pennsylvania Cold War Society |
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Armstrong in the X-15 cockpit soon after being assigned to the program. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
Armstrong checks out the Q-Ball sensor which is installed on the nose of the X-15. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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Neil Armstrong with Jack McKay. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
Armstrong confers with engineers John McTigue and Elmor Adkins. Dave Stoddard collection |
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Armstrong with his slide rule in his office at home. author's collection |
This post Apollo 11 photo is at Neil's Washington D.C. NASA office on 23 Jul. 1970. author's collection |
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Armstrong exits the suiting van. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
Armstrong heads toward the B-52/X-15 combination to climb aboard the X-15. Dave Stoddard collection |
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A rear view of the B-52 and mated X-15. Dave Stoddard collection |
X-15 no. 3 sits for a portrait following Armstrong's third flight: 3-1-2 on 20 Dec. 1961. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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X-15 no. 3 two days prior to its second flight with mission 3-2-3 on 17 Jan. 1962. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
Testing on X-15 no. 3 in the NASA hangar prior to its third flight on 5 Apr. 1962. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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Armstrong in the cockpit of X-15 no. 3, ready for flight 3-4-8 on 20 Apr. 1962. Bob Hayos, Nortronics |
X-15 no. 1 prepares for launch. A T-38 chase plane is visible below and behind. Tony Landis collection |
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Armstrong prepares to ingress on his final X-15 flight: 1-32-53 on 26 Jul. 1962. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
Armstrong is greeted on the lakebed following one of his seven X-15 research flights. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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Armstrong inside the suiting van. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
Armstrong poses in his pressure suit at the nose of the X-15. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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Neil landed on Smith Ranch Dry Lake 24 Apr. 1962 to find the surface could not support the weight of his T-33 Shooting Star. Chuck Yeager was in the back seat. Armstrong Family collection |
Close-up showing how deep in mud the T-33 landing gear sank. The lakebed definitely could not have supported an X-15 emergency landing. Armstrong Family collection |
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Drag marks on Delamar Dry Lake after Neil's F-104 incident on 21 May 1962. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
Measurements show how low Neil was when the F-104 gear was released. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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Gathering around the cockpit immediately after landing. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
Day after Armstrong's final flight, Wanda Capps gives the X-15 wing a lift. 27 Jul. 1962. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
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Neil walks away from the X-15 after landing. Armstrong light Research Center |
Neil (right) with Charles Lindbergh at the SETP dinner 1970. Society of Experimental Test Pilots |
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The crew of Gemini 8, Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott. author's collection |
Launch of GT-8. author's collection |
Neil in the Command Module trainer practicing for his flight on Apollo 11. author's collection |
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Neil presents his old boss, Paul Bikle, with a flag flown aboard Gemini 8. Armstrong Flight Research Center |
Paul Bikle's record-setting Schweizer SGS 1-23E at Hollister Airport, Hollister, CA. author's collection |
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Neil Armstrong died 12 Aug. 2012. His ashes were scattered at sea on 14 Sep. from the deck of the USS Philippine Sea. author's collection |
Carol Armstrong christens the RV Neil Armstrong (AGOR-27) on 29 Mar. 2014. The Armstrong's sister ship is the RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28) launched on 4 Aug. 2014. author's collection |
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Armstrong Air & Space Museum, Wapakoneta, Ohio, on 25 May 2006. photo by Michelle Evans |
Close up of the entrance to the Armstrong Air & Space Museum. photo by Michelle Evans |
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A somewhat colder view of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum on 25 Jan. 2019. The author gave her X-15 presentation at the museum that evening. photo by Michelle Evans |
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Neil Armstrong painted by Robert McCall, originally for the Dryden Flight Research Center, now renamed in honor of Neil as the Armstrong Flight Research Center. artwork by Robert McCall |
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