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Neil Armstrong

Joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of "The New Nine"

Thursday Sep 13, 1962
Washington D.C., U.S.

NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations, Deke Slayton, called Armstrong on September 13, 1962, and asked whether he would be interested in joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of what the press dubbed "the New Nine"; without hesitation, Armstrong said yes.


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