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'''Neil Armstrong''' was born on August 5, 1930. He was a pilot for the United States [[Navy]] for three years, and flew combat missions over [[Korea]]. He left the Navy to become a test pilot in 1952. He became a United States astronaut with [[NASA]] and made his first [[space flight]] on Gemini 8, carrying out the first successful space-docking, with the Agena docking module.  Neil Armstrong was given the role of mission commander for [[Apollo 11]]. He and his crew [[Buzz Aldrin]] and [[Michael Collins]] boarded the Apollo-Saturn V spacecraft before sunrise on the 16th of July, 1969 and took off from Earth at 9:32 am. On July 20, 1969 at 10:56:15 p.m. eastern daylight time, Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the [[moon]]. <ref>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html</ref>
 
'''Neil Armstrong''' was born on August 5, 1930. He was a pilot for the United States [[Navy]] for three years, and flew combat missions over [[Korea]]. He left the Navy to become a test pilot in 1952. He became a United States astronaut with [[NASA]] and made his first [[space flight]] on Gemini 8, carrying out the first successful space-docking, with the Agena docking module.  Neil Armstrong was given the role of mission commander for [[Apollo 11]]. He and his crew [[Buzz Aldrin]] and [[Michael Collins]] boarded the Apollo-Saturn V spacecraft before sunrise on the 16th of July, 1969 and took off from Earth at 9:32 am. On July 20, 1969 at 10:56:15 p.m. eastern daylight time, Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the [[moon]]. <ref>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html</ref>
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==One small step for (a) man==
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==One small step==
 
When he stepped onto the moon surface, he said the well-known words "That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind." that are even today associated to the moon landing. These words are an interesting example of the problems historians faced in finding out what really happened in history. His words were broadcast and millions of people heard them. Yet, for a long time, there was disagreement about ''what'' he had said.
 
When he stepped onto the moon surface, he said the well-known words "That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind." that are even today associated to the moon landing. These words are an interesting example of the problems historians faced in finding out what really happened in history. His words were broadcast and millions of people heard them. Yet, for a long time, there was disagreement about ''what'' he had said.
  
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