neil armstrong was an artist in the nasa and was chosen with the second group of astronauts in 1962 . achieved seven flights in the x - 15 program ( 1960 photo ) , reaching an area of 207 , 500 feet . was backup command pilot for gemini 5 , replacement pilot for jupiter 8 , provisional commands pilot for gemini 11 , backup commander for moon 8 , and commander for apollo 11 : thus executing the first moonwalk .
Neil Armstrong was the first man who landed on the Moon.