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[[Image:NeilArmstrong.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Neil Armstrong, Astronaut]]
 
[[Image:NeilArmstrong.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Neil Armstrong, Astronaut]]
'''Neil Armstrong''' (August 5, 1930--August 25, 2012) was a [[NASA]] astronaut best known for being the first man to walk on the moon.  
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'''Neil Armstrong''' (August 5, 1930--August 25, 2012) was a [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] best known for being the first man to walk on the moon.  
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Armstrong was a member of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] in his youth, and he earned the highest [[rank]] of [[Eagle Scout]] before the age of 18. He was a [[United States Navy]] pilot for three years, and flew over [[Korea]]; he left to become a test pilot in 1952. He became a [[NASA]] astronaut and flew on Gemini 8, carrying out the first space-docking with the Agena docking module. He was made mission commander for [[Apollo 11]]. The crew boarded the [[Saturn V]] before sunrise on the 16th of July, [[1969]] and took off at 9:32 am. On July 20, 1969 at 10:56:15 p.m. EDT, he became the first man on the [[moon]].<ref>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html</ref>
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Armstrong was a member of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] in his youth, and he earned the highest [[rank]] of [[Eagle Scout]] before the age of 18. He was a [[United States Navy]] pilot for three years, and flew over [[Korea]]; he left to become a test pilot in 1952. He became a NASA astronaut and flew on Gemini 8, carrying out the first space-docking with the Agena docking module. He was made mission commander for [[Apollo 11]]. The crew boarded the [[Saturn V]] before sunrise on the 16th of July, [[1969]] and took off at 9:32 am. On July 20, 1969 at 10:56:15 p.m. EDT, he became the first man on the [[moon]].<ref>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html</ref>
 
[[Image:NASA Moon Flag.jpg‎|left|thumb|250px|Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon - Apollo 11, July 20, 1969]]
 
[[Image:NASA Moon Flag.jpg‎|left|thumb|250px|Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon - Apollo 11, July 20, 1969]]
  
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