neil armstrong was an aviator in the navy and was chosen with the second group of astronauts in 1962 . made seven jumps in the sun - 15 effort ( 1960 video ) , achieved an altitude of 207 , 500 feet . was backup commands pilot for gemini 5 , command pilot for gemini 8 , secondary test pilot for gemini 11 , backup commander for soyuz 8 , and commander for apollo 11 : successfully making the first clowning .
Neil Armstrong was the first man who landed on the Moon.