Neil Alden Armstrong

« That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind» said Neil Armstrong when he landed on the moon.

Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and naval aviator. He was the first person to set foot on the Moon with Buzz Aldrin and the Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. Main steps of the life's Armstrong: in 1947, Armstrong began studying aeronautical engineering at Purdue University - Navy service - Test pilot - Astronaut selection and early training - Gemini program (Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) - Apollo program - Voyage to the Moon - First Moon walk
Armstrong announced shortly after the Apollo 11 flight that he did not plan to fly in space again. He accepted a teaching position in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati.
After Armstrong retired from NASA in 1971, he avoided offers from businesses to act as a spokesman.

Armstrong's authorized biography, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, was published in 2005. For many years, Armstrong turned down biography offers from authors such as Stephen Ambrose and James A. Michener.