neil armstrong was an aviator in the navy and was chosen with the second batch of astronauts in 1962 . made six appearances in the mars - 15 programme ( 1960 picture ) , reaching an altitude of 207 , 500 feet . was backup command pilot for apollo 5 , flight lieutenant for gemini 8 , backup command pilot for delta 11 , backup controller for apollo 8 , and commander for apollo 11 : finally completing the fifth aldrin .
neil armstrong was the first people who landed on the asteroid .