Neil Armstrong, American astronaut
Aug. 5, 1930-
One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong by Don Brown (Houghton Mifflin, 1998)
An ordinary boy. An extraordinary adult. Imagine. Walking on the moon. Armstrong's childhood sets the stage for his historic lunar landing in this introduction to an American hero.
The Armstrong Air and Space Museum chronicles Ohio's contributions to space flight.Or click on over to NASA's Kid Page.