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Neil Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
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Armstrong was very fascinated with planes since he was 6 years old. He became a licensed pilot when he was 16 years old.
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After serving in the Korean war. Was assigned as the command pilot for the mission Gemini 8, was launched in 1966.
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Before Armstrong take the trip of Apollo 11 he needed to take other practices, the first one (Apollo 8) in December of 1969 and his other lunar model practice (Apollo 9). This practices where essential to take the remembered Apollo 11.
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In January of 1969 NASA made the first public announcement of the mission Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong was assigned to be commander of the mission. Apollo 11 left from Florida's Cape Canaveral and many people camped there to watch the launch on July 16, 1969.
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As the commander of the mission Neil Armstrong piloted the Lunar Module to the moon's surface on July 20, 1969. At 10:56 pm when he touched the moon said: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".
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Armstrong and Aldrin together explored the moon during 2 hours and 36 minutes. they collected 48.5 pounds of material at the surface and 50 types of moon rocks.
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Armstrong after touching the moon still was working for the NASA. He was a deputy associate administrator for aeronautics.
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He served on the National Commission on Space and on the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident that took the lives of his crew
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He received many honors: the Presidential Medal of Freedom(1969), the Congressional Gold Medal(2009), the Congressional Space Medal of Honor(1978), the Langley Gold Medal(1999) and many other great and unique awards.
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Two days after Armstrong turned 82 years old the famed moon walker underwent coronary bypass surgery. From complications of that surgery he died.
