Photos of Armstrong, Neil
Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, and Naval Aviator, and was the first human to set foot on the Moon. Armstrong's first spaceflight was Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this famous "giant leap for mankind", Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2.5 hours exploring, while Michael Collins orbited above.
Portrait of Armstrong while a test pilot at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base, California
Armstrong is seen here next to the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight
Neil Armstrong in an early (pre-Gemini) spacesuit
Armstrong and Scott sit with their spacecraft hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship, the USS Leonard F. Mason after the Gemini 8 mission
Neil Armstrong reviews flight plans
Portrait of Armstrong, as commander of the Apollo 11 mission
Armstrong photographed by Buzz Aldrin after the completion of the Lunar EVA on the Apollo 11 flight
Neil Armstrong in 1999
Neil Armstrong and presidential dog Barney in the White House Garden Room, July 2004
Armstrong took this photograph of Aldrin, and it shows Armstrong has a reflection in the visor
Neil Armstrong works at the LM. This photograph was taken as part of Buzz Aldrin's Plus-Z panorama
Aldrin took this photograph as part of a panorama north of the LM
Portrait of Armstrong while a test pilot at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base, California
Armstrong is seen here next to the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight
Neil Armstrong in an early (pre-Gemini) spacesuit
Armstrong and Scott sit with their spacecraft hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship, the USS Leonard F. Mason after the Gemini 8 mission
Neil Armstrong reviews flight plans
Portrait of Armstrong, as commander of the Apollo 11 mission
Armstrong photographed by Buzz Aldrin after the completion of the Lunar EVA on the Apollo 11 flight
Neil Armstrong in 1999
Neil Armstrong and presidential dog Barney in the White House Garden Room, July 2004
Armstrong took this photograph of Aldrin, and it shows Armstrong has a reflection in the visor
Neil Armstrong works at the LM. This photograph was taken as part of Buzz Aldrin's Plus-Z panorama
Aldrin took this photograph as part of a panorama north of the LM
