When Neil Armstrong was a young child he has always wanted to be an Astronaut. He went to college and he started flying on the 16th birthday when he got hit pilots license. Neil Armstrong is famous for being the first man to step foot on the moon, and his famous statement is “one small step for men, one giant leap for man kind.” I think he is an example of Personal Growth, he showed he wanted to make his mind up on when he wanted to do. When he grew older he did what he wanted to do and he became an astronaut.
At the age of 14 he started taking flying lessons, he went to college in 1947 with a us navy scholarship, after two years he was called into active duty and won his jet pilot wings at Pehsacola Naval air station in Florida where he flew 78 combat missions during the Korean War. After transferring to the NACA high speed flight station @ Edwards air force base in California, he was selected as one of the first 3 NACA people to fly the x-15 rocket engine plane.
I think the greatest accomplishment that Neil Armstrong is making it to the moon and back, he went to training and to college to become an astronaut and fulfill his childhood dream of being an astronaut. He’s made seven flights in the X-15 in 1962 Armstrong decided to become an astronaut and applied for NASA selection and training, in 1962 he became America’s first Non-Military astronaut. In January 1969 Armstrong was selected as commander for Apollo 11, july 16 @ 9:32 am he lifted off from Florida.
Neil Armstrong fits in the personal growth area because he always wanted to fly in the air crafts, and be an astronaut and he followed up on his dreams and he succeeded in his dreams. He has always liked air crafts and air planes, se because he liked it so much he became an astronaut. After his space travels he still continued to work for the government.
Neil Armstrong is a great example of personal growth, because he built his life up since he was a young child. He’s had his mind set on being an astronaut, also fly planes and become a pilot, and he also followed his dreams and is a successful guy now. Neil Armstrong is famous for being the first man to travel to the moon and his great statement is “One step for man, one giant leap for man kind.” Keep your dreams in mind and keep chasing them than one day you’ll achieve it.
Work Cited:
Dixion, Tara, and Jackson, Mike. Neil Armstrong, One giant leap for man kind. New York: Sterling, 2008
“Neil Armstrong.” Encyclopedia of world biography. (2011): March 16, 2011. www.notablebiographies.com
3 comments:
i liked yout paper you had good enough details on neil and good paragraghs, i also learned that neil started flying when he was 14 years old
I like how you put alot of thought and effort into your paper. Maybe you could have put more interesting facts into it. I learned that he flew planes.
it was good i think you put good facts however you could of put more its really good though i didnt know he was the first to land on the moon i would be scared i would get lost lol.
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