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  1. Neil Armstrong

    Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut and the first person to set foot on the Moon. After joining the space program in 1962, he became the command pilot of Gemini 8, which completed the first manual space docking maneuver. He is best known for accompanying Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., to the surface of the Moon on July 20, 1969.

  2. Neil Armstrong ‑ Biography, Training & Moon Landing

    Neil Armstrong (1930‑2012) was a U.S. astronaut who became the first human to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission. ... but he almost never made it back to space ...

  3. Neil Armstrong

    Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon.He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio.He entered Purdue University, studying aeronautical engineering, with the U.S. Navy paying his tuition under ...

  4. Neil Armstrong: First man on the moon

    You can explore 50 Neil Armstrong facts with this article from Facts.net or read about Armstrong's life and dreams of space travel in this book by James R. Hansen.

  5. July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind

    Now, on the morning of July 16, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins sit atop another Saturn V at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The three-stage 363-foot rocket will use its 7.5 million pounds of thrust to propel them into space and into history.

  6. 1969 Moon Landing ‑ Date, Facts, Video

    At 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 16, with the world watching, Apollo 11 took off from Kennedy Space Center with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins (1930-) aboard.

  7. Neil Armstrong

    Armstrong left NASA in 1971 to become a professor of aerospace engineering, dedicating the rest of his life to education. He passed away at age 82 in August 2012. Remembering Neil Armstrong. Neil Armstrong made history as the first human to walk on the Moon, travelling to there as the commander of Apollo 11.

  8. Neil Armstrong: Biography, Astronaut, Pilot, Educator

    Neil Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930. ... Obama also sought to encourage private companies to get involved in the space travel business and to move forward with more ...

  9. Apollo 11 Mission Overview

    The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. Additional flight objectives included scientific exploration by the lunar module, or LM, crew; deployment of a television camera to transmit signals to Earth; and deployment of ...

  10. Neil Armstrong

    Space tourism is recreational space travel, either on established government-owned vehicles or on a growing number of vehicles fielded by private companies. ... Neil Armstrong was the eldest of three children born to Viola Louise Engel and Stephen Koenig Armstrong, a state auditor. Neil's passion for aviation and flight was kindled when he ...

  11. 55 Years Ago: Apollo 11's One Small Step, One Giant Leap

    Just another day at the office. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, left, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin arrive for work at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida four days before launch. Left: Buzz, Mike, and Neil study their flight plans one more time. Middle: Neil and Buzz in the Lunar Module simulator.

  12. Neil Armstrong changed the world

    Neil Armstrong changed the world. He was an excellent engineer and an outstanding pilot. He got the assignment to land a completely novel rocket machine on the Earth's Moon, because he was the perfect man for the job: He could really fly; he had excellent judgment about the capabilities of his ship; and above all, he had a remarkable ability to keep his wits about him in extraordinarily ...

  13. Apollo 11

    Apollo 11, U.S. spaceflight during which commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin ("Buzz") Aldrin, Jr., on July 20, 1969, became the first people to land on the Moon and walk the lunar surface. Apollo 11 was the culmination of the Apollo program and a massive national commitment by the United States to beat the Soviet Union in ...

  14. Apollo 11 Plus 45: How Neil Armstrong Got Ready for the Moon

    The legend about Neil Armstrong's coolness was firmly established during his first flight into space in 1966, when he fought a stuck control rocket on his Gemini 8 spacecraft to a standstill.

  15. Apollo 11: First Men on the Moon

    They collected 47.51 lbs. (21.55 kilograms) of samples from the moon, and reported that mobility on the moon was easier than anticipated. Neil Armstrong on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in ...

  16. Apollo 11

    The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. at 9:32 am. EDT July 16, 1969, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. An estimated one million spectators watched the launch of Apollo 11 from the highways and beaches in the vicinity of the launch site.

  17. One Small Step: The Legacy of Neil Armstrong

    Born on August 5, 1930, Neil Armstrong would have been 89 years old today. During his lifetime, he was a man of many accomplishments and when he landed on the Moon, he walked into the history books. Armstrong changed the course of history as the commander of the Apollo 11 mission, landing humanity on another celestial body for the very first ...

  18. 11 Things You Might Not Know About Neil Armstrong

    No matter where private or government space travel may take us in the future, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) will forever have a place as the first human to ever set foot on solid ...

  19. 'First Man' Captures The Upheaval Leading Up To Armstrong's 1969 ...

    Justin Chang says a new film about the space race is one of the "noisiest, clunkiest, most inelegant movies about space travel ever made" — all of which helps convey the chaos of space travel.

  20. Armstrong Spacesuit

    The three spacesuits worn by the Apollo 11 astronauts on their historic mission to the Moon. Left to right, are the suits of Edwin E. Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil A. Armstrong. The astronauts wore gloves and helmets, which were securely connected to the suits where the red metal rings on the suit are. The astronauts' overshoes (worn only on ...

  21. Who Was Neil Armstrong? (Grades 5-8)

    This article is for students grades 5-8. Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. He was an astronaut who flew on two space missions. The first was Gemini 8. The second was Apollo 11, which landed on the moon in 1969. Armstrong was also an engineer, a pilot and a college professor.

  22. Professor Armstrong

    June 17, 2014. Armstrong at the blackboard in 1974. Like many talented people, Neil Armstrong had a variety of jobs over the course of his life, including stints as a Naval aviator, test pilot ...