Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, in his official NASA mission portrait, with an image of the Moon in the background. US astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong (1930-2012) was the first person to walk on the Moon. He was a military pilot and test pilot, joining NASA's Astronaut Corps in 1962. He was part of the Gemini program, and then selected for the Apollo program. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 mission, walking on the lunar surface with Buzz Aldrin on 21 July 1969. He retired from NASA in 1971, teaching as a professor of aerospace engineering until 1979. Honours received include the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969) and the Congressional Gold Medal (2009). Photographed in July 1969. | |
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