His first spaceflight was the NASA Gemini 8 mission in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first US. civilians to fly in space. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module.
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong used a special urine-collection device in his spacesuit that funneled the waste into a storage system. For longer missions, astronauts utilized a separate space toilet that used airflow to suction waste away from the body.
Neil Armstrong did not launch in a space shutlle but rather a rocket. The rocket he and fellow crew members of the Apollo 11 mission used to go to the moon was called the Saturn V rocket and was launch from the Kennedy Spce Centre.
Neil Armstrong went to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission, not a space shuttle. Apollo 11 was launched using a Saturn V rocket in 1969. Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, made history by being the first humans to set foot on the moon.
1969.
1969
Neil Armstrong is the first man who go into space
apollo 11
Yes
July 20th 1969.
Neil Armstrong.
because he wanted to go into space