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Biographical Speech Neil Armstrong ?Research is creating new knowledge.? Neil Armstrong, a famous astronaut, made history on July 20, 1969, by becoming the first man to walk on the moon. He changed space exploration as we know it. He was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930. After serving in the Korean War and then finishing college, he joined the organization that would become NASA. He joined the astronaut program in 1962 and was command pilot for his first mission, Gemini VIII, in 1966. He was spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar mission, and became the first man to walk on the moon. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2012 at age 82.
