What kind of person was Neil Armstrong?

Answer 1

Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the Mission Commander on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and was the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20th, 1969. He is known for his famous quote, spoken just after he stepped out on the moon's surface: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

He was an astronaut that first stepped on the moon and was the first person to walk on the moon, on July 20, 1969

Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. After the war, he completed his bachelor's degree at Purdue University and served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he logged over 900 flights. He later completed graduate studies at the University of Southern California.

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 Corps in 1962, and made his first space flight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in 1966, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space. On this mission, he performed the first docking of two spacecraft with pilot David Scott.

Armstrong's second and last space flight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent two and one-half hours exploring, while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module.

Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon along with Collins and Aldrin, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, and the Congressional Gold Medal with his former crewmates in 2009. Armstrong, died in Cincinnati on August 25, 2012, at the of age 82, due to complications from blocked coronary arteries.

Answer 2

He was the first person to set foot on the moon. Buzz Aldrin was in the capsule with him when they touched down so technically the two of them landed on the moon simultaneously so depending on how you want to parse it, either they were BOTH first or neither one was "the first person to land on the moon."

Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. After the war, he completed his bachelor's degree at Purdue University and served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he logged over 900 flights. He later completed graduate studies at the University of Southern California. His first flight as an astronaut was with the Gemini program (in Gemini 8). After the Apollo program he worked for the Office of Advanced Research and Technology, Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) for one year then accepted a teaching position in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati.

By that time he had also completed a Master's degree with the University of Southern California. After teaching for 8 years, he resigned and worked as a spokesman for several US companies and served on the board of directors for other US companies. He was also appointed to the boards investigating the Apollo13 failure and the Challenger disaster.

Answer 3

Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon and his first step on the moon was his left foot.

Answer 4

Neil Armstrong is famous for being the first man to walk on the moon. He was an astronaut on Apollo 11, which was the very first lunar landing by humans.

Answer 5

Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon

Answer 6

a sweet guy