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Neil Alden Armstrongborn August 5 1930 (age 76) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and Naval Aviator, and was the first 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.

Biography Youth College Korea Test pilot Astronaut selection and early training Gemini Gemini 5 Gemini 8 Gemini 11 Early Apollo program Apollo 11 Voyage to the Moon First Moon walk Return to Earth Life after Apollo Teaching Spaceflight 1979 accident Personal life Lawsuits Armstrong in popular culture References Notes

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James R. Hansen, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, Simon & Schuster, 2005, pages 49 50

Ibid, page 55

Ibid, page 61

Ibid, pages 124 127

Ibid, page 128

Ibid, chapter 14

Ibid, chapter 7

Ibid, chapter 8

Ibid, chapter 9

Ibid, page 112

Ibid, page 118

Ibid, chapter 11

Ibid, page 145

Ibid, page 173

Ibid, pages 178 184

Ibid, pages 184 189

Ibid, pages 138 139

Ibid, pages 189 192

Ibid, page 195

Ibid, page 203

Ibid, pages 201 202

Ibid, pages 234 238

Ibid, chapter 19

Kranz, G.: "Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond.", page 174. Simon & Schuster, 2000

"First Man", chapter 25

Electronic Evidence and Physiological Reasoning Identifying the Elusive Vowel "a" in Neil Armstrong 's Statement on First Stepping onto the Lunar Surface . Retrieved on 2006-10-04.

Software revises Armstrong's moon quote (Oct. 1, 2006)

One small step backwards . (including audio)

One 75-millisecond step before a "man" .

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First Korean on the moon! .

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High-tech analysis may rewrite space history . Retrieved on September 30, 2006.

Neil Armstrong 's biographer, James Hansen, in an E-Mail quoted at : Neil only composed the phrase in his head sometime after the landing and going through all the emergency liftoff procedures, etc. He had no more than two hours from the time he thought it up to the time he uttered it.

David Harland Exploring the Moon: The Apollo Expeditions. 1999, ISBN 1-85233-099-6

Alan L. Heil. Voice of America: A History. 2003, ISBN 0-231-12674-3

James R. Hansen, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, Simon & Schuster, 2005, pages 566 582

Ibid, pages 582 584

Ibid, pages 590 594

Ibid, pages 60 603

Ibid, pages 610 616

. Washington Port Magazine (July 11, 1999). Retrieved on November 14, 2006.

James R. Hansen, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, Simon & Schuster, 2005, pages 600 601

BBC Scotland video of the visit

Smith, A.: "Moondust.", page 134. Bloomsbury, 2005

"First Man", page 623

Knight, Andy (Winter 2000). . Cincinnati.Com. Retrieved on 2006-07-01.

Barber Sold Neil Armstrong's Hair ." (June 5, 2005)

Ibid, pages 630 632

Discovering the Man Behind 'First Man' ", collectSPACE.com, 14 October 2005.

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