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Old 08-25-2012, 08:27 PM
Matt Wiser Matt Wiser is offline
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RIP. Before he was a NASA astronaut, Neil flew 78 combat missions in F9F-2s in Korea during a 1951 deployment with VF-51. Then he flew the X-15, before being selected for NASA. Commanded Gemini 8 (first docking for a U.S. manned spacecraft, and saved the flight when the Gemini and the Agena target vehicle started to spin), and Apollo 11.
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