Armstrong's career as a test pilot began during his tenure with NACA. He flourished in experimental and high-performance aircraft testing, where accuracy and adaptability were essential.

The X-15 is the only conventional aircraft that has ever been flown above the “Karman Line” separating the Earth’s atmosphere ...

Over the next 17 years, he served as an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Armstrong ...

Later as an elite test pilot pushing the limits of the ... become the first person to walk on the Moon. Aged 21, Armstrong was a fighter pilot for the US in the Korean War - nearly losing his ...

Before ever commanding a Gemini or Apollo mission, Armstrong was a test pilot with the X-15 program—which still holds speed and altitude records today, sixty years later. Indeed, even before the ...