<div id="ooyalaplayer" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;"></div><div style="display:none;" id="kalturavideoplaceholder">kalturavideoplaceholder</div><div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><span style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #222222;">Before he became the first person to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong nearly lost his life in a fiery test flight crash in 1968.</span><div><script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script><div class="g-ytsubscribe" data-channel="BusinessInsider" data-layout="full" data-count="default"></div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In a video provided by </span><a href="nasa.gov" target="_blank">NASA</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, the terrifying incident shows how the legendary astronaut was mere seconds away from a deadly tragedy.</span></p><p><em>Produced by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/author/graham-flanagan" target="_blank">Graham Flanagan</a>.<br><br /></br></em><strong>Follow BI Video:</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsider.Video?fref=ts" target="_blank">On Facebook</a></p>

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Neil Armstrong almost died in this fiery crash during a 1968 test flight

kalturavideoplaceholderBefore he became the first person to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong nearly lost his life in a fiery test flight crash in 1968.In a video provided by NASA, the terrifying incident shows how the legendary astronaut was mere seconds away from a deadly tragedy.Produced by Graham Flanagan.Follow BI Video: On Facebook

kalturavideoplaceholderBefore he became the first person to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong nearly lost his life in a fiery test flight crash in 1968. In a video provided by NASA, the terrifying incident shows how the legendary astronaut was mere seconds away from a deadly tragedy.

Neil Armstrong almost died in this fiery crash during a 1968 test flight

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