Four
days
later
,
Apollo
11
returned
to
Earth
.
The
craft
came
down
in
the
Pacific
Ocean
.
Armstrong
received
the
Presidential
Medal
of
Freedom
,
a
very
____________________
award
.
Armstrong
never
returned
to
space
.
He
worked
for
a
short
while
at
NASA
and
then
he
went
on
to
teach
Aerospace
Engineering
.
He
also
became
an
____________________
to
the
government
on
various
space
issues
.
Armstrong
decided
to
study
____________________
____________________
at
university
.
He
stopped
his
studies
because
of
the
Korean
War
in
1950
and
became
a
navy
pilot
at
the
age
of
20
.
Armstrong
flew
78
combat
flights
during
the
war
and
received
three
medals
.
Shortly
after
completing
his
degree
,
Armstrong
joined
a
government
agency
which
later
became
the
National
Aeronautic
and
Space
____________________
(
NASA
)
.
At
NASA
he
worked
as
a
test
pilot
and
engineer
.
He
tested
over
50
types
of
aircraft
and
reached
top
speeds
of
6
,
600
kmph
.
While
most
teenagers
were
trying
to
pass
their
driving
test
and
receive
their
driving
licence
,
Neil
Armstrong
earned
his
pilot's
licence
at
sixteen
.
Armstrong
took
an
interest
in
____________________
from
a
young
age
and
worked
at
the
local
airport
in
his
hometown
of
Wapakoneta
,
Ohio
.
On
20th
July
,
1969
,
Apollo
11
landed
on
the
surface
of
the
moon
.
Armstrong
made
his
way
down
the
ladder
of
the
spacecraft
.
When
his
foot
touched
the
surface
,
he
spoke
the
now
famous
words
:
"
That's
one
small
step
for
(
a
)
man
,
one
giant
leap
for
mankind
.
"
Minutes
later
his
____________________
-
____________________
joined
him
and
they
planted
the
American
flag
on
the
moon's
surface
.
Although
today
Armstrong
tries
to
live
a
quiet
and
private
life
,
he
is
____________________
____________________
____________________
.
He
is
continuously
turning
down
interviews
and
invitations
to
public
events
.
Years
ago
,
he
stopped
signing
autographs
as
people
were
selling
them
for
thousands
of
dollars
.
What
he
achieved
happened
decades
ago
,
but
his
greatness
still
lives
on
.
