BBC ON THIS DAY | 21 | 1969: Man takes first steps on the Moon
American Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the Moon. ... safe landing at 2017 GMT with the words: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed. ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/.../21/newsid_2635000/2635845.stm
2006-11-10 01:53:51
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answered by Krishna 6
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Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, and Naval Aviator, and was the first human to set foot on the Moon. Armstrong's first spaceflight was Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission in July 1969. On this famous "giant leap for mankind", Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2.5 hours exploring, while Michael Collins orbited above.
Before becoming an astronaut, he was an aviator for the United States Navy, seeing action in the Korean War. Following this he became a test pilot at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he flew over 900 flights in a variety of aircraft. As a research pilot, Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100 Super Sabre A and C aircraft, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He also flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart, B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker and Paresev.
The lunar crater, Armstrong, located 50 km away from the Apollo 11 landing site, was named in his honor.
2006-11-10 02:12:45
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answered by Dev4u1 2
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The first two men to land on the moon were Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. Neil Armstrong was the first to step on the moon.
2006-11-10 01:54:27
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answered by Radagast97 6
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Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, and naval aviator famous as the first human ever to step foot on the Moon. Armstrong's first space flight was as command pilot of Gemini 8 in 1966
2006-11-10 01:54:22
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answered by Anonymous
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Neil Armstrong was the first to step on the moon , walk on the moon On 20 July 1969 . He was from USA.
2006-11-10 02:54:56
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answered by Anonymous
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Neil Armstrong
2006-11-10 01:54:07
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answered by Anonymous
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Neil Armstrong
2006-11-10 01:53:56
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answered by JaMoke 4
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Neil Alden Armstrong was the first person to land on the moon.
2006-11-13 22:46:41
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answered by zehnu2000 1
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neil armstrong was an american astronaut . he was chosen as a NASA astronaut in 1962 and was the command pilot for the gemini 8 orbit flight in 1966. on 20 th julY 1969 he became the first man to alk on the moon . when he landed on the moon , he said 'a small step for man -but a giant leap for man kind'
2006-11-13 00:29:53
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answered by adi r 2
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neil armstrong is the first man to land on the moon
2006-11-10 04:40:40
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answered by Anonymous
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