Biography of Neil Armstrong
Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio,
August 5, 1930. He began his NASA career in Ohio.
After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955. His first assignment was with the NACA Lewis Research...
