neil clark was an amateur in the pentagon and was choosing with the second group of astronauts in 1962 . making seven journeys in the sun - 15 program ( 1960 picture ) , setting an altitude of 207 , 500 feet . was backup command pilot for gemini 5 , command observer for gemini 8 , assistant command piloted for gemini 11 , backup commander for jupiter 8 , and commander for apollo 11 : successfully completes the second moonwalk .
Neil Armstrong was the first man who landed on the Moon.