Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Mgbe o jesịrị ozi n'Òtù Ndị Agha Mmiri, Armstrong laghachiri Purdue. Ihe ndị ọ na-amụta n'ụlọ akwụkwọ nke dị mma n'oge gara aga, ma ọ bụghị nke pụtara ìhè, ka mma ugbu a, na-eme ka nkezi akara ugo mmụta ikpeazụ ya (GPA) dị 4.8 n'ime 6.0, nke kwesịrị nkwanye ùgwù ma ọ bụghị nke pụtara ìhè. O so n'òtù ụmụnna Phi Delta Theta, ma biri n'ụlọ òtù ụmụnna ha. O dere ma soro duzie egwu egwu abụọ dịka akụkụ nke ụmụ akwụkwọ niile. Nke mbụ bụ nsụgharị nke Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, nke ya na enyi ya nwanyị bụ Joanne Alford sitere na Alpha Chi Omega sorority duziri, ya na abụ sitere na ihe nkiri Walt Disney, gụnyere Someday My Prince Will Come; nke abụọ bụ nke akpọrọ The Land of Egelloc ("ụlọ akwụkwọ kọleji" na-asụ azụ), na egwu sitere na Gilbert na Sullivan mana okwu ọhụrụ. Ọ bụ onye isi oche nke Purdue Aero Flying Club, ma jiri ụgbọ elu klọb ahụ, Aeronca na di na nwunye nke Pipers, nke a na-edebe n'ọdụ ụgbọ elu Aretz dị nso na Lafayette, Indiana. Mgbe ọ na-ebu ụgbọelu Aeronca ahụ aga Wapakoneta na 1954, o mebiri ya mgbe o jiri ụkwụ na-agbadata n'ubi onye ọrụ ugbo, a ga-eji ụgbọala na-adọkpụ bughachi ya Lafayette. Ọ bụ onye na-egwu egwu na Purdue All-American Marching Band. Afọ iri ka nke ahụ gasịrị, e mere ya onye otu nsọpụrụ nke Kappa Kappa Psi mba egwu nsọpụrụ fraternity. Armstrong gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Bachelor of Science degree na Aeronautical Engineering na Jenụwarị 1955. N'afọ 1970, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Master of Science na Aerospace Engineering na Mahadum nke Southern California (USC). Ọ ga-emesị nye ya doctorate nke ọtụtụ mahadum. Armstrong zutere Janet Elizabeth Shearon, onye bụ onye isi na akụ na ụba ụlọ, na nnọkọ nke Alpha Chi Omega kwadoro. Dị ka di na nwunye ahụ si kwuo, e nweghị ezigbo mkpakọrịta nwoke na nwanyị, ọ dịghịkwa onye n'ime ha pụrụ icheta kpọmkwem ihe ndị mere mgbe ha kwere onwe ha nkwa ọlụlụ. Ha lụrụ na January 28, 1956, na Chọọchị Ọgbakọ dị na Wilmette, Illinois. Mgbe ọ kwagara n'Ogige Ndị Agha Ụgbọelu Edwards, o biri n'ebe ndị na-alụbeghị di na-ebi n'ogige ahụ, ebe Janet bi n'ógbè Westwood nke Los Angeles. Mgbe otu ọkara afọ gachara, ha kwagara n'ụlọ dị na...  Ajụjụ: Olee otú e si ruo ihe mgbaru ọsọ ahụ?
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