Ever since he was a child Neil Armstrong had been fascinated by flight and airplanes. He learned to fly when he was just 15 years of age and went on to become a navy pilot who saw action in the Korean War.After the war Neil Armstrong spent 7 years testing powerful rocket planes and other types of experimental aircraft before becoming an astronaut with NASA. On July 21 1969 more than 500 million TV viewers back on Earth saw Neil Armstrong become the...