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He was born on August 5, 1930, near Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA

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When he was two years old, his father took him to the Cleveland Air Races and it was de beginning of his love for flying.

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At age 17 on 1947, Armstrong began studying aeronautical engineering at Purdue University.

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On June 1958, Armstrong was selected for the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest program, but that program was cancelled. Only on September 13, 1962 he was called again and joined the NASA Astronaut Corps.

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After a successfull landing at July 20, 1969, he was the first man to walk on the Moon and then said the most famous phrase in the world: "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

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After his death on August 25, 2012, he was described by President Obama as "among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but off all time".