Neil Armstrong was a test pilot and aeronautical engineer before joining NASA
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Neil Armstrong survived a near-fatal accident during a training flight before Apollo 11
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Neil Armstrong's famous quote on the moon landing was slightly misquoted, with the "a" missing from "That's one small step for a man."
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Armstrong carried a piece of the Wright brothers' plane on the Apollo 11 mission.
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After NASA, he became a professor and served on corporate boards
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He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Nixon
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Armstrong was a private person and rarely gave interviews or made public appearances
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He was an accomplished aviator with over 900 flights and experience flying over 200 different types of aircraft
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