Neil Armstrong’s Years as a NASA Pilot

Famed astronaut Neil A. Armstrong – the first person to set foot on the Moon during the historic Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 – spent seven years as a research pilot at the NACA-NASA High-Speed Flight Station, now NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, before joining the space program. During his tenure, Armstrong was actively engaged in both the piloting and engineering aspects of numerous NASA programs and projects.

Date

1960-07-18

Photographer / author

NASA

Collection

AFRC

Archive

NASA Image and Video Library

Type

photograph

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