Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5,1930. He was an American astronaut who was the first man to set foot on the moon. During his lifetime, he took part in two space flights. On July 20, 1969, his second and last space flight was in a famous spaceship which was named Apollo 11. Along with his partner, Buzz Aldrin, Armstrong had a spacewalk and then landed on the lunar surface. They spent 2. 5hours exploring and collecting soil and rocks to take back to earth. On July 24th, they returned to the earth safely.