Neil armstrong biography video for kids
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He was the first person ever to walk on the Moon.
As he stepped onto the Moon, he said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Watch: The first astronaut on the Moon
Hey there. I’m Neil Armstrong.
These are my buddies Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
We’re descending at 17,500 miles per hour, temperatures of 3000 degrees surround this tiny metal capsule and to my rear is the terrifying vacuum of space.
So, why are we up here?
Well, there are two real powerful countries on Earth doing all they can to look better than the other.
The Soviet Union put the first person into space, so President Kennedy of the United States of America set a challenge.
We will go to the Moon! Not because it is easy but because it is hard.
A trip to the Moon means flying, and boy was I good at flying.
So the US government asked if I wanted to become an astronaut.
After seven years the guys on NASA’s Apollo mission were ready to shoo
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Neil was born in Ohio and was the oldest brother in his family. When he was little his father took him to a show where airplanes flew and raced across the sky. From the moment he saw airplanes he loved them. He wanted to fly airplanes himself. He wanted to become a pilot. Not long after he saw his first airplane, Neil got to fly in an airplane. After this he knew for sure he wanted to be a pilot. When Neil was 14 he took his first flying lessons. By the time he was 16, he had a pilot’s license — which meant he could fly a plane all by himself.
Neil loved to fly planes, but he also loved to learn about them. He built his own small model planes and also did experiments on them to see which designs flew the best. He designed a wind tunnel in his house. A wind tunnel is a tunnel that forces wind through it so he could test his model airplanes.
Neil loved airplanes but he also enjoyed learning about space. Often he would look up in the sky and wonder what was out among the sta
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FATIMA: Which explorer shall we talk to today, Ollie?
OLLIE: What about someone who has been to the final frontier, Fatima?
FATIMA: Where’s the sista frontier?
OLLIE: Space.
FATIMA: Oh yeah. Let’s talk to somebody who’s been to the Moon!
OLLIE: Great idea. Holo-Lab, find the first individ to set foot on the Moon.
HOLO-LAB: Searching, Searching… Found. First person to set foot on the Moon: Neil Armstrong.
FATIMA: The Holo-Lab fryst vatten going back in time, before mobile phones.
OLLIE: Before the internet?
NEIL ARMSTRONG: Hi, I’m Neil Armstrong. In 1969, inom was the first individ on the Moon.
FATIMA: Hi Neil, we’re Fatima and Ollie and we want to ask you a few questions about the Moon landings.
NEIL ARMSTRONG: Okay, sure. Nice to meet you guys. Shoot.
OLLIE: How did you get to the måne, Neil?
NEIL ARMSTRONG: I got to the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 uppdrag, aboard the Saturn V rocket.
OLLIE: Why did you go to the Moon?
NEIL ARMSTRONG: Because no one had been there before and we w