Neil Armstrong: 136 Fascinating Facts For Kids

Neil Armstrong: 136 Fascinating Facts For Kids for 9-12-year-olds Ever since he was a child Neil Armstrong had been fascinated by flight and airplanes. He learned to fly when he was just 15 years of age and went on to become a navy pilot who saw action in the Korean War. After the war Neil Armstrong spent 7 years testing powerful rocket planes and other types of experimental aircraft before becoming an astronaut with NASA. On July 21 1969 more than 500 million TV viewers back on Earth saw Neil Armstrong become the first human being to set foot on another world. Rod Weston’s book gives you the important events in Neil Armstrong’s fascinating life in the form of a detailed list of facts. Reading a complete biography can often be intimidating for a young person, but Weston gives you Neil Armstrong’s life in 136 easy-to-understand segments. We are sure that the facts about Neil Armstrong in this book will fascinate you and inspire you to learn much more about the first man to ever walk on the Moon. This book is suitable for 9-year-olds and older. Chapters: Early Life | Learning to Fly | College & the Navy | The Korean War | Neil Armstrong: Test Pilot | The Space Race | Becoming an Astronaut | Astronaut Training | Project Gemini | The Apollo Spacecraft | The Apollo Program | Apollo 11 Astronauts | Launch Day | The Journey to the Moon | “The Eagle has Landed” | One Small Step | The Journey Home | Life After Apollo