neil armstrong was an aviator in the 1950s and was identified with the second group of volunteers in 1962 . making seven flights in the x - 15 program ( 1960 photo ) , exceeding an aircraft of 207 , 500 feet . was backup commanded captain for gemini 5 , command engineer for soyuz 8 , backup command officer for gemini 11 , backup commander for apollo 8 , and commander for jupiter 11 : successfully complete the first moonwalk .
Neil Armstrong was the first man who landed on the Moon.