Neil Armstrong

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Neil Armstrong

• Idris
• October 2008

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Neils Family

• In 1957 his son Eric was born.
• 1959 his daughter Karen was born.
• 1963 his son Mark was born.

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Why is he so famous

• Neil Armstrong was one of the first three humans
  to set foot on the moon.

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Becoming an Astronaut

• He was encouraged by his first airplane ride.
• Then he made sure that in the future he would
  become an astronaut.
• As a child aviation magazines and airplane models
  filled the walls of his room.
• He became a pilot with the Navy.

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Facts About Apollo 11

• The Apollo had three parts the command module the
  service module and the lunar module.
• The service module held everything Neil and his
  friends needed like water and oxygen.

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Finishing The Facts About Apollo 11

• It went 70,000 miles per hour.
• The boosters made it go about 24,000 miles out of
  that 70,000.
• The command module was a bedroom, bathroom, and
  lab.

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What Neil Did When He Landed On The Moon

• He climbed down a ladder.
• Took pictures
• They raised an American flag.
• Said Thats one small step for man one giant
  leap for mankind.

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Facts About Landing

• They landed July 20th 1969.
• They collected moon rocks and moon dust.
• They set up experiments.
• One recorded moon quakes.

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Conclusion

• When Neil landed it opened lot of information and
  experiments for scientists.
• It gave everybody hope and ideas.

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Resources

• NASA website www.gov/word book
• The APOLLO program www.nasm.si.edu
• commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/image Neil Armstrong
• Bredson, Carmen. Count down to space A biography
  book about Neil Armstrong.