alan miller was an aviator in the army and was selected with the original group of astronauts in 1962 . made seven flights in the x - 15 program ( 1960 video ) , reach an altitude of 207 , 500 feet . was backup command pilot for gemini 5 , command pilot for gemini 8 , backup command pilot for lunar 11 , crew commander for luna 8 , and commander for apollo 11 : unsuccessfully completing the first twirled .
Neil Armstrong was the first man who landed on the Moon.