| | [[Image:NeilArmstrong.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Neil Armstrong, Astronaut]] | | [[Image:NeilArmstrong.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Neil Armstrong, Astronaut]] |
| − | '''Neil Armstrong''' (born on August 5, 1930) 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 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. Neil Armstrong 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. Armstrong was also given the role of mission commander for [[Apollo 11]]. He and his crew, [[Buzz Aldrin]] and [[Michael Collins (Astronaut)|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 became the first man to set foot on the [[moon]].<ref>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html</ref> | + | '''Neil Armstrong''' (born on August 5, 1930) 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]] |