Robert Ballard's Life

Robert Duane Ballard was born on June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas. He was the first person to ever find the remains of the RMS Titanic, that sank in 1912 after striking an iceberg. Ballard grew up in San Diego with a dad of British heritage and mother of German heritage. Robert had an interest in underwater exploration at a young age. That might explain all of his great expeditions that we recall today. He went to three universities. The first was the University of California in Santa Barbara, next the University of Hawaii in Manoa, and the University of South Carolina. Ballard won the Kilby International Award in 1994. Robert then won the Caird Medal in 2002. That's how great he was. Ballard is currently alive and 71 years old.

Neil Armstrong's Life

Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He was an American astronaut who was the first man to set foot on the moon. Neil was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and a university professor. He was of Scottish, Irish, and German ancestry. Armstrong had two younger siblings, June and Dean. His parents were Stephen Koenig Armstrong and Viola Louise Engel. At the age of five, Neil he experienced his first airplane flight on July 20, 1936 when he and his dad took him on a Ford Trimotor. In 1956, Armstrong married Janet Shearon. They had three children. Then Shearon divorced Neil, and he married Carol Held Knight, who he had met at a golf tournament. In Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 25, 2012, Armstrong died of complications from coronary artery bypass surgery. Buzz Aldrin said he thought that on July 20, 2019, he, Michael Collins, and Neil would commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. Regrettably, it isn't to be. Armstrong was 82 years old.