Neil Armstrong first went into space aboard Gemini 8 in 1966, where he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft. And also in July 20, 1969 he was the mission commander for the Apollo moon landing.
No, and he never returned to space again either. He left NASA soon after the moon landing Apollo 11 mission.
Neil Armstrong was a US Navy Ensign. He served in the Navy for three years (1949-1952). His rank at NASA was Mission Commander.
He did not use a space shuttle. A space shuttle has never been to the moon and is now incapable of such a journey. He was aboard Apollo 11, the initial propulsion unit was a Saturn 5B rocket. The actual landing vehicle was called Eagle.
On the Gemini VIII mission he worked with David R Scott, Armstrong was Command Pilot while Scott was Pilot, Their backup on this mission was Charles 'Pete' Conrad and Richard F Gordon Jr. All except Gordon went on to walk on the Moon, Gordon was Command Pilot for Apollo 12, and was due to walk on the Moon as Commander of Apollo 18, until it was cancelled. On Apollo 11 he worked with Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin and Michael Collins, back up crew were James Lovell, William Anders and Fred Haise Jr.
Apollo 11
NASA sent Neil Armstrong to the moon. But President Kennedy paid for the space mission.
Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. He was a NASA astronaut and test pilot, and his achievement of stepping onto the lunar surface was a crucial milestone in space exploration. Armstrong's contributions to NASA also included piloting the Gemini 8 mission in 1966, which was the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the NASA Apollo 11 mission, July 20, 1969.
Neil Armstrong, not Neel Armstrong, became the first person to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969, as part of NASA's Apollo 11 mission.
Neil Armstrong was associated with NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, where he served as an astronaut and became the first person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
The NASA project that landed an American on the moon was the Apollo program. The Apollo 11 mission successfully landed astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.
The first man to land on the moon was Neil Armstrong, in 1969 as part of NASA's Apollo 11 mission.
After the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong did not return to space again. He flew on Apollo 11 in July 1969, becoming the first person to walk on the Moon, but he retired from NASA in 1971 and did not participate in any further space missions.
Following the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong served as a NASA administrator, professor, and private consultant. He also worked on various aviation and space exploration committees. Armstrong led a relatively private life after his historic moonwalk, avoiding the public spotlight.
The year was 1969He was Neil Armstrong
He worked for NASA yes, he was an astronaut and is most famous for being the first man to step foot on the moon