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Neil Armstrong

Name in Native Language: "Neil Alden Armstrong" (English/EN)
Naval Aviator (United States) / Test Pilot / Astronaut | * 08/05/1930 († 82, 08/25/2012) | Wapakoneta (United States of America (USA))
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who in 1969 became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He entered Purdue University, studying aeronautical engineering, with the U.S. Navy paying his tuition under the Holloway Plan. He became a midshipman in 1949 and a naval aviator the following year. He saw action in the Korean War, flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier USS Essex. After the war, he completed his bachelor's degree at Purdue and became a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He was the project pilot on Century Series fighters and flew the North American X-15 seven times. He was also a participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man in Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs. Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in the second gro... ()
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Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | History | Animation

Awards & Nominations for Neil Armstrong

Air Medal Korean Service Medal Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Silver Buffalo Award Presidential Medal of Freedom Congressional Space Medal of Honor Collier Trophy Langley Gold Medal Sylvanus Thayer Award Eagle Scout Order of Culture Arthur S. Flemming Award Congressional Gold Medal National Aviation Hall of Fame Order of the Yugoslav Star Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations Cullum Geographical Medal United States Astronaut Hall of Fame NASA Distinguished Service Medal Hubbard Medal Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame National Defense Service Medal United Nations Medal Order of the White Elephant Livingstone Medal International Space Hall of Fame Washington Award
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Movies with Neil Armstrong as Actor(28)

as Self (Archival Audio)2022 Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
as himself2021 Apollo 11: Quarantine
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2020 Da 5 Bloods
as Self (voice)2019 How the Moon Conquered Pop
as Self - Commander, Apollo 11 (archive footage)2019 Apollo: Missions to the Moon
as Self (archive footage)2019 Apollo 11
as Himself (archive footage)2019 Armstrong
as himself2019 Moon Landing Live
as Self (archive footage)2019 Apollo: The Forgotten Films
as Self - Astronaut (archive footage)2016 Generation Sputnik
as Dr. Jack Morrow (voice)2012 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as himself2012 First Man on the Moon
as himself2009 Being...Neil Armstrong
as Self (archive footage)2007 The Pixar Story
as Self (archive footage)2002 Dark Side of the Moon
as Self (archive footage)2000 Prison Images
as Himself (archive footage)1995 Apollo 13
as Self - Stepping on the Moon (archive footage) (uncredited)1994 Forrest Gump
as Self (archive footage)1989 For All Mankind
as himself1980 The Space Movie
as Self (archive footage)1976 I, Tintin
as himself1972 Moonwalk One
as himself1969 Footprints On The Moon

TV Shows/Series with Neil Armstrong as Actor(5)

as Self (archive footage)2022 Le Siècle des icônes
as Self (archive footage)2020 History 101
as himself2010 Talk im Hangar-7
as Himself - Apollo11 Astronaut (archive footage)2003 Days That Shook the World

Full Name: Neil Alden Armstrong
Born: Tuesday, 08/05 1930 (August) in Wapakoneta (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 08/25 2012 (August) in Cincinnati (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Southern California, Purdue University, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Blume High School, Wapakoneta High School
Employer: Tallahassee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, University of Cincinnati
Member of: Phi Delta Theta, Kappa Kappa Psi, Purdue All-American Marching Band, Boy Scouts of America, National Academy of Engineering, Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco for Royaume
Spouses (current/former): Janet Shearon, Carol Held Knight
Children: Rick Armstrong
Father: Stephen Koenig Armstrong
Mother: Viola Louise Engel
Other names for Neil Armstrong (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Νηλ Όλντεν Άρμστρονγκ"
"Νηλ Άρμστρονγκ"
"Neil Alden Armstrong"
Neil Armstrong frequently works together with these people:
Buzz Aldrin (18x, Actor)
John F. Kennedy (14x, Actor)
Michael Collins (10x, Actor)
Jim Lovell (7x, Actor)
Walter Cronkite (6x, Actor)
Richard Nixon (5x, Actor)
Gene Kranz (4x, Actor)
Leslie Iwerks (4x, Crew)
Charlie Duke (4x, Actor)
Iris Berben (3x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:245446, Added: 08/07/2018, Last updated: 03/24/2024