On August 5, 1930, the first American astronaut to step on the moon, Neil Armstrong, was born.

August 5, 1930 ¨C Neil Armstrong, the first American astronaut to step on the moon, was born.

Neil Armstrong, formerly an astronaut, pilot and naval pilot of the National Aerospace and Space Administration of the United States, was known for being the first human to step on the moon during the first manned lunar mission of Apollo 11. Armstrong's first space mission was the head of command of the Twin Star 8 in 1966. In this mission, he and David Scott completed the first spacecraft matching. Armstrong's second and final space mission was the famous July 1969 Apollo 11. In this "big step of mankind", Armstrong and Barz Aldrin made a two-and-a-half-hour moon walk on the surface of the moon (Michael Collins in the command class).

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