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101 Facts… Neil Armstrong! Amazing Facts, Photos and Videos - Space Books for Kids.
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(IP Factly Oct. 15, 2013)
IP Factly presents... "101 Facts… Neil Armstrong"
Amazing facts, stunning photos plus videos telling the story of the first man on the moon.
Space books for kids - a fun and fascinating way for young readers to discover more about space and the brave men and women who were the first to explore it.
This biography for kids book mixes facts, photos and even includes a video clip section.
IP Factly's 101 Facts series has been designed to encourage and bolster independent reading.
Accompanying webpage with video clips
This book provides fact after fact for information hungry children to tell family and friends, and even has an accompanying webpage with video clips showing Armstrong landing on the moon.
The video links mean children come back again and again, naturally developing their reading and learning skills (early kindle models don't support video but the safe website link is given).
Fascinating Facts Include...
By the time he was five, he had taken his first flight in a plane called the Ford Trimotor.
Neil Armstrong could legally fly a plane before he even had a license to drive a car.
Armstrong flew his first rocket plane in 1957. During his first flight, the landing gear broke.
In his time as a test pilot, Neil flew in over 200 different types of aircraft and accumulated 2,400 hours of flying.
On 13 September 1962, Neil Armstrong was officially asked if he wanted to join the NASA Astronaut Corps. He was one of only two civilian pilots selected.
Contents
Early life
Life in the Navy
Returning to College
Love, marriage and family
Neil’s First Job
Neil Armstrong – The beginning of an Astronaut career
Gemini
The Apollo Program
Apollo 11
Life after the Moon
Neil Armstrong’s death
Legacy
Video Page
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