Neil Armstrong: a Life of Flight
“(NASA) SIXTRAINING DAYSProject Mercury moved forward with the launch of Scott Carpenter. It was the project’s second orbital flight, while back at Edwards Neil Armstrong waited. He was staring at the phone when it finally rang.“Hi, Neil, this is Deke. Are you still interested in the astronaut group?”“Yes, sir,” he assured NASA’s director of flight crew operations.Deke was another man of few words. “Well, you have the job, then,” he told Neil. “We’re going to get started right away, so get down ...here by the sixteenth.”“Yes, sir, I’ll be there.”Neil and eight others had been called by Deke. They would be announced as the Gemini Nine. Neil traded in his two cars for a used station wagon. He needed the larger vehicle to haul the family’s personal belongings. He and Janet packed up the big stuff and furniture and shipped it ahead for storage in Houston.There were still loose ends to be tied up so Janet stayed behind a couple of days.Neil took Ricky with him in the station wagon, and two days later Janet took a commercial flight.MoreLess
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