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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the Moon. He was the commander of the Apollo 11 lunar module, and was accompanied by Edwin E. Aldrin. His first words after stepping on the moon were, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." This event was televised to Earth and seen by millions!Armstrong was a Navy pilot from 1949 to 1952. He was in the first United States emergency in space with his partner David R. Scott. After going to the Moon, he resigned from the astronaut program in 1970.From 1971 to 1979 Neil Armstrong served as an engineering professor at the University of Cincinnati. In 1980 he became chairman of Cardwell International, a supplier of oil-drilling equipment. In 1986 Armstrong became cochairman of the presidential commission investigating the explosion of space shuttle Challenger. |
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