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  1. www.nasa.gov › mission › apollo-11Apollo 11 - NASA

    Jul 11, 2024 · Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. He was an astronaut who flew on two space missions. The first was Gemini 8. The second was Apollo 11, which landed on the moon in 1969. Armstrong was also an engineer, a pilot and a college professor.

  2. www.nasa.gov › learning-resources › for-kids-and-studentsWho Was Neil Armstrong? (Grades 5-8) - NASA

    Aug 28, 2012 · Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. He was an astronaut who flew on two space missions. The first was Gemini 8. The second was Apollo 11, which landed on the moon in 1969. Armstrong was also an engineer, a pilot and a college professor.

  3. www.nasa.gov › history › july-20-1969-one-giant-leap-for-mankindJuly 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind - NASA

    Jul 20, 2019 · July 1969. It’s a little over eight years since the flights of Gagarin and Shepard, followed quickly by President Kennedy’s challenge to put a man on the moon before the decade is out. It is only seven months since NASA’s made a bold decision to send Apollo 8 all the way to the moon on the first manned flight of the massive Saturn V rocket.

  4. www.nasa.gov › history › apollo-11-mission-overviewApollo 11 Mission Overview - NASA

    Apr 17, 2015 · On July 19, after Apollo 11 had flown behind the moon out of contact with Earth, came the first lunar orbit insertion maneuver. At about 75 hours, 50 minutes into the flight, a retrograde firing of the SPS for 357.5 seconds placed the spacecraft into an initial, elliptical-lunar orbit of 69 by 190 miles. Later, a second burn of the SPS for 17 ...

  5. www.nasa.gov › humans-in-space › astronautsFormer Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong - NASA

    Mar 1, 2014 · Neil A. Armstrong was a NASA research pilot, astronaut, and first man to set foot on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

  6. www.nasa.gov › 50-years-ago-apollo-astronauts-land-take-first-steps-on-moon50 Years Ago: Apollo Astronauts Land, Take First Steps on Moon

    Jul 20, 2019 · Through the Artemis program, the agency will land American astronauts, including the first woman and the next man, on the Moon by 2024. Then the agency will use what it learns on the Moon and take the next giant leap – sending astronauts to Mars.

  7. science.nasa.gov › moon › moon-walkersWho Has Walked on the Moon? - NASA Science

    Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were the first of 12 human beings to walk on the Moon. Four of America's moonwalkers are still alive: Aldrin (Apollo 11), David Scott (Apollo 15), Charles Duke (Apollo 16), and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17).

  8. www.nasa.gov › history › 55-years-ago-apollo-11s-one-small-step-one-giant-leap55 Years Ago: Apollo 11’s One Small Step, One Giant Leap

    Jul 16, 2024 · Article. “Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.” “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” “Magnificent desolation.”. Three phrases that recall humanity’s first landing on and exploration of the lunar surface.

  9. science.nasa.gov › solar-system › moonHistory of Lunar Exploration - NASA Science

    Sep 27, 2017 · In response to the 1961 flight of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. The Apollo program greatly accelerated interest in exploring the Moon. To ensure that human crews could safely land and depart from the lunar surface, it was important to ...

  10. www.nasa.gov › feature › living-and-working-on-the-moonLiving and Working on the Moon - NASA

    Mar 7, 2024 · With the Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. Learn More