Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.He was American astronaut.He was also an aerospace engineer. Armstrong was born on 5 August in 1930 in wapakoneta, Ohio in the USA.He experienced his first flight in warren, Ohio on 20 July in 1936. He earned his flight certificate in 1945 at the age of only 15.Then he began to study aeronautical engineering in purdue University in the USA in 1947 at the age of 17.He received B.Sc degree there in1955.And he did M.Sc in Aerospace engineering from the university of southern California in 1970.In 1958, he was selected for the USA Air Force's Man In space Soonest programme.Neil Armstrong , along with his group, launched the mission to the moon with Apollo 11 in July in 1969.He was the commander of the voyage,Apollo 11 and he landed on the moon on 20 July in1969.Neil Armstrong walked first on the surface of the moon. He died on 25 August in 2012.