ronald johnson was an amateur in the navy and was chosen with the second group of personnel in 1962 . made seven flights in the x - 15 program ( 1960 video ) , reaching an altitude of 207 , 500 pounds . was backup control engineer for gemini 5 , command lieutenant for gemini 8 , interim lead pilot for gemini 11 , backup commander for mars 8 , and commander for athena 11 : successfully completing the first moonwalk .
Neil Armstrong was the first man who landed on the Moon.