Get acquainted with the life destinies of extraordinary personalities, from designers and artists to scientists. They have all achieved amazing success, even though they were just kids with a big dream in the beginning.
When he was quite young, Neil visited an air race with his father and the planes he saw there fascinated him. This ignited his lifelong love of flying. He learned to fly a plane even before he knew how to drive a car! He first worked as a test pilot with the US Navy and then started working at NASA. There, after a short time, he was offered the opportunity to command the first expedition to the moon. In 1969, he made history as the first person to set foot on the moon. This account of the extraordinary astronaut and space explorer includes a section devoted to facts and photographs.