searches when i started in 1962 i had an adding machine on my desk just a normal adding machine with a crank used it to calculate trajectories we prepare a complex tables and then fill them in. the engineers who are now in uncharted territory no one had ever attempted a manned flight to the moon before they had to design everything from scratch. the astronauts including neil armstrong became america s new heroes armstrong was no stranger to personal bravery. in the spring of 1964 armstrong s house caught fire in the middle of the night but he managed to rescue both his young sons . $400000.00 we re now working on the moon project the next step would be to develop the gemini 2 manned spacecraft.
would now have more time to pursue his passion for flying gliders he resigned from nasa in 1971. that same year he joined the faculty of the university of cincinnati as a professor of aeronautical engineering he was already serving on the board of directors for several companies and continued to do so for the next 20 years. armstrong resigned from the university in 1900. armed strong now lived in a small town in ohio where he was born but even there he couldn t escape his fame. in 2005 he found out that his barber had sold some of his hair trimmings to a collector armstrong was angry and ordered the barber to donate the proceeds to charity which he did.
and roger chaffee. during a launch test in january 1967 a fire broke out in the capsules cabin and spread quickly all 3 astronauts were killed. nasa blamed the fire on deficiencies in capsule design workmanship and quality control. the agency made improvements to the spacecraft and to operational procedures. meanwhile nasa continued to experiment with using parachutes to return apollo capsule safely to earth. a more difficult challenge was the design and construction of the vehicle that would actually land the astronauts on the surface of the mood. armstrong took part in flight tests of early versions of the lunar module. armstrong took part in flight tests over earlier versions of the lunar module.
during a test launch the latest version of the rocket exploded shortly after liftoff. meanwhile in the u.s. nasa sought to personalize the space program by publishing photos of the astronauts with their families. as the scheduled date of the moon launch approached people around the world found a new interest in space. huge crowds gathered around the launch site the visitors were in a festive mood. on july 16th neil armstrong buzz aldrin. and michael collins make their final preparations.
surface and gather soil samples what s believed to have crashed into a mountain on july 21st. on the afternoon of july 19th apollo 11 swung into lunar orbit and the crew started making preparations for their descent to the moon surface. after the janet armstrong hoped for the best. set for later afternoon on july 20th armstrong and buzz aldrin now entered the eagle lunar lander and separated from the columbia command module. armstrong steered the lunar module standing up the vehicle had no seats to cut down on wait. astronauts families followed the flight on t.v. . suddenly the modules guidance computer set off