Neil Armstrong

History Maker Bios

by Shannon Zemlicka

True or false?Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon, could fly before he could drive.True!When he was sixteen years old, he earned his pilot's license -- but he had to hitch a ride home from the airport.His first paying job was cutting grass in a graveyard. He was just seven years old.He almost lost his life when his fighter jet was damaged in the Korean War.On his first trip into space, his spacecraft, Gemini 8, began spinning out of control -- nearly killing him and his copilot.Neil Armstrong made history!

Genres: Nonfiction, Chapter Books

48 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 8, 2002

About the author

This author also writes as Shannon Knudsen.

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I read this for a book report.