Neil Armstrong's career involves more than 200 different types of aircraft, teaching, advanced engineering degrees, combat experience and of course spaceflight. That's a lot of highlights.
He piloted the X-1, the plane used earlier to break the sound barrier for the first time...
He took the X-15 to the edge of space and hypersonic speeds--more than 3,500 miles per hour...
He saved the Gemini 8 mission from disaster by hands-on piloting in Earth orbit...
And of course, the guy didn't just walk on the Moon, he landed a spaceship on it...
As I mentioned in my previous posts, achievements like this aren't just individually important--they inspire great things. Here's to those great things including another giant leap for mankind, whether on Mars or elsewhere in deep space.
He piloted the X-1, the plane used earlier to break the sound barrier for the first time...
He took the X-15 to the edge of space and hypersonic speeds--more than 3,500 miles per hour...
He saved the Gemini 8 mission from disaster by hands-on piloting in Earth orbit...
And of course, the guy didn't just walk on the Moon, he landed a spaceship on it...
As I mentioned in my previous posts, achievements like this aren't just individually important--they inspire great things. Here's to those great things including another giant leap for mankind, whether on Mars or elsewhere in deep space.
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