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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.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on Earth's Moon, has died at the age of 82 after complications from heart surgery three weeks earlier. His greatest accomplishment very nearly speaks for ...
Neil Armstrong had a pilot's license before a driver's license. As commander of Apollo 11, he was the first person to step on the moon in July 1969. ... Armstrong passed away in Cincinnati on Aug ...
Neil Armstrong (NASA Astronaut Group 2) August 5, 1930: August 25, 2012 (aged 82) 38y 11m 15d Apollo 11: July 20, 1969 at 8:17 PM July 21, 1969 at 5:54 PM 21 hours 37 minutes: 1 2 hours 31 minutes: Civilian [nb 2] (Navy veteran) Purdue University, University of Southern California: 2 Buzz Aldrin (NASA Astronaut Group 3)
Neil Armstrong's LM PPK contained a piece of wood from the Wright brothers' 1903 Wright Flyer ' s left propeller and a piece of fabric from its wing, [81] along with a diamond-studded astronaut pin originally given to Slayton by the widows of the Apollo 1 crew. This pin had been intended to be flown on that mission and given to Slayton ...
On July 20th, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong of Wapakoneta, Ohio, became the first person to walk on the moon.
Command pilot Neil Armstrong resigned his commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1960, and was selected as a crew member for Gemini 8 in September 1965. His flight marked the second time a U.S. civilian flew into space (after Joe Walker on X-15 Flight 90 ), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ b ] and the first time a U.S. civilian flew into orbit.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." That epic sentence was uttered by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong from the surface of the moon 46 years ago and was broadcast around the world.