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ISBN: 978-0-141-36949-5
Contents
Who Was Neil Armstrong?
A Boy Who Loved Flying
Real Planes
The Wider World
Test Pilot
The Space Race
Astronaut Neil Armstrong
First Voyage in Space
Next Stop – the Moon
Moon Walk
Returning Home
Timeline of Neil Armstrong’s Life
Timeline of the World
Bibliography
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