Over 80 black-and-white illustrations bring Armstrong’s story to life. Who Was Neil Armstrong? By Roberta Edwards On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a “giant leap for mankind.” This Eagle Scout built his own model planes and grew up to become first a test pilot for experimental aircraft and then an astronaut, the first to walk on the moon.
This is the inspiring story of one boy’s dream – a dream of flying that landed him more than 200,000 miles away from his home on earth. Who knew that this shy boy, who also loved books and mus ic, would become the first person to set foot on the moon.
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He earned his student pilot’s license on his sixteenth birthday. As a teenager, Neil became obsessed with the idea of flight, working odd jobs to pay for flying lessons at a nearby airport.
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He spent his free time reading stacks of flying magazines, building model airplanes, and staring through his homemade telescope mounted on the roof of his neighbor’s garage. One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong By Don Brown As a young boy, Neil Armstrong had a recurring dream in which he held his breath and floated high above the people, houses, and cars. But before that, he had a humble boyhood of cutting lawns, cleaning ovens, washing airplanes and plenty of adventures, including building a wind tunnel in his parents’ basement! This playful story shows young readers that the sky’s not the limit for their own dreams. As the first person to step foot on the moon, Neil took the U.S. When Neil Armstrong Built a Wind Tunnel by Mark Andrew Weakland, Illustrated by Luciano Lozano Astronaut Neil Armstrong couldn’t be held down by Earth’s gravity. Find out how this flight-obsessed astronaut went on to take one of the most momentous steps in history.
Long before that astonishing day in 1969, Armstrong was already dreaming of journeys above the clouds, visiting air shows and gaining his student pilot’s license at age sixteen. Trailblazers: Neil Armstrong By Alex Woolf Neil Armstrong become the first person to set foot on the moon.
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