who was  first person to set foot
Neil Armstrong inside the Apollo 11 lunar module after his historic walkâ¦ (NASA ) When Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, on July 20, 1969, he uttered a phrase that has been carved in stone and quoted across the planet: That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind..
Neil Armstrong dies at 82; first person to walk on moon. Neil Armstrong's 'giant leap for mankind' as he set foot on the lunar surface in 1969 climaxed a monumental achievement in human history. Despite his fame, the former fighter pilot shrank from the spotlight and called himself a 'nerdy engineer.'.