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Neil Armstrong

For other people named Neil Armstrong, see Neil Armstrong (disambiguation).

Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronautand aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. When he stepped onto the lunar surface on July 21, 1969, he said: "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

Neil Armstrong

Armstrong in July 1969

USAF / NASA astronautBornNeil Alden Armstrong
August 5, 1930
Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S.DiedAugust 25, 2012(aged 82)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

Previous occupation

Naval aviator, test pilot

Alma mater

Purdue University, B.S. 1955
University of Southern California, M.S. 1970RankLieutenant (junior grade), United States Navy

Time in space

8 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes, and 30 secondsSelection1958 USAF Man In Space Soonest
1960 USAF Dyna-Soar
1962 NASA Group 2

Total EVAs

1

Total EVA time

2 hours 31 minutesMissionsGemini 8, Apollo 11AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom
Congressional Space Medal of Honor
Congressional Gold Medal
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
Air Medal (3)

A graduate of Purdue University, he studied aeronautical engineering with his college tuition paid for by the U.S. Navy under the Holloway Plan. Armstrong became a midshipman in 1949, and a naval aviator the following year. He saw action in the Korean War, flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier USS Essex. In September 1951, he was hit by anti-aircraft fire while making a low bombing run, and forced to bail out. After the war, he completed his bachelor's degree at Purdue, and became a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Stationat Edwards Air Force Base in California. He was the project pilot on Century Seriesfighters, and flew the North American X-15seven times. He was also a participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man in Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs.

Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corpsin the second group, which was selected in 1962. He made his first spaceflight as commander of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space. During this mission with pilot David Scott, he performed the first docking of two spacecraft; the mission was aborted after Armstrong used some of his reentry control fuel to prevent a dangerous spin caused by a stuck thruster. During training for Armstrong's second and last spaceflight as commander of Apollo 11, he had to eject from the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle moments before a fiery crash. In July 1969, Armstrong and Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrinperformed the first manned Moon landing, and spent two and a half hours outside the spacecraft while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the Command/Service Module. Along with Collins and Aldrin, Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedomby President Richard Nixon. President Jimmy Carter presented Armstrong with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, and Armstrong and his former crewmates received a Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.

After he resigned from NASA in 1971, Armstrong taught in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati until 1979. He served on the Apollo 13 accident investigation, and on the Rogers Commission, which investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. He acted as a spokesman for several businesses, and appeared in advertising for Chrysler starting in January 1979.

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Neil Armstrong was the first person to go to moon. He was an astronaut, naval aviator,

test pilot and university proffesor.