Neil Armstrong was an astronaut and aeronautical engineer, he was also the first man to walk on the moon on the Apollo 11 mission. He was born on the 5th of August 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States. He was the son of Stephen Armstrong and Viola Armstrong, He had two siblings Dean and June Armstrong. He had a masters degree of Aeronautical engineering from the university of Southern California. He was first a Navy pilot from 1949-1952, after that he was a test pilot, that was when he was chosen to be an astronaut. Neil’s first wife was Janet Shearon, they were married for 38 years from 28th of January 1956 until the 12th of April 1994, His second wife was Carol Held Knight they were married from 1994-2012. Neil had three children Mark, Eric and Karen Armstrong.
In the 17th of July 1969 Apollo 11 was launched with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. The apollo 11 lasted 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds, but Neil and Buzz only spent 21 hours and 36 minutes on the moon. The Apollo astronauts woke up early on july 24, 1969 for their trip back to earth, at 12:21 p.m. they separated from the command module to the “service module”. They were on the Command module Colombia. Colombia entered earth's atmosphere at 12:35 p.m. The communications were interrupted by the supercharged atmosphere surrounding the aircraft. But they still landed safely southwest of Honolulu and a couple miles from the recovery ship USS Hornet. This wasn’t Neil’s first mission, his first mission was actually Gemini 8. Shortly after the Apollo 11 mission Neil said that he wouldn’t plan on flying in space again, he resigned from NASA in 1971. In 1995 an expedition leader Mike Dunn Invited Neil to an organised trip named The Great Explorers to the North Pole.
On August 7, 2012 Neil had a Bypass surgery to relieve blocked coronary arteries, He was reported recovering well, but he developed some complications at the hospital, That's what led to his death on August 25, 2012. Neil Armstrong said “One step man, A giant leap mankind” that means your small actions today will make a better tomorrow.
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