Neil Armstrong

Tags: Astronaut.

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. Before becoming an astronaut Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War.

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time in space (μ)

30.0, 742320.0

birth date

1930-08-05

birth place

Ohio, Wapakoneta Ohio

death date

2012-08-25

death place

Ohio, Cincinnati

LCCN Id

n/80/008815

mission

Apollo 11, Gemini 8

occupation

Test pilot, Naval aviation

selection

List of astronauts by year of selection, NASA Astronaut Group 2

type

NASA