Neil Armstrong

Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is an American aviator and a past astronaut; test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first human to set foot on the Moon. His first spaceflight was on board Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first U.S. civilians to fly in space and the first civilian in