About Me
I was born August 5, 1930 and am a former American astronaut, test pilot, naval aviator and am the first human ever to step foot on the Moon. My first space flight was as command pilot of Gemini 8 in 1966. On this mission, I performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. My second and last space flight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969. Me and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2.5 hours exploring, while Michael Collins orbited above.Before becoming an astronaut, I served as an aviator in the United States Navy, seeing action in the Korean War. Following this I became a test pilot at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where I flew over 900 flights in a variety of aircraft. As a research pilot, I served as project pilot on the F-100 Super Sabre A and C aircraft, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. I also flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart, B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker and Paresev.I really miss the moon and would love to go back and visit and see if it still looks the same.
