Biography of Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. He was an American astronaut. He was also an aerospace engineer. Armstrong was born on 05 August. 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, the USA.

He experienced his first flight in Warren, Ohio on July 20, 1936. He earned his flight certificate in 1945 at the age of fifteen. In 1947, at the of only 17, he began to study aeronautical engineering in Purdue University, the USA. He received his B.Sc. degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1955 and he did M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1970.

In 1958 he was selected for the U.S Force’s man in space soonest programme. Neil Armstrong, along with his group, launched the mission to the moon with Apollo 11 in July 1969. He was the commander of the Voyage. Apollo 11 and landed on July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong walked first on the surface of the moon. He died on August 25, 2012.