The first words Armstrong said when he landed on the moon were: One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

On July 16, 1969, he flew to the moon on the Apollo 11 spacecraft with Aldrin and Collins (who served as commander). On July 20, Armstrong controlled the Eagle lunar module to land on the lunar surface. At about 10 p.m. U.S. time that day, he and Aldrin stepped out of the lunar module and set foot on the moon.

Armstrong took the lead in setting foot on the desolate and silent land of the moon, becoming the first person to land on the moon and walk on the moon. At that time, he said a famous saying that has been often quoted on countless occasions since then: "This is a small step for a man, but a giant step for mankind." They spent 21 hours on the moon, and on the 21st It took off from the moon and returned to Earth on the 24th. In the same year, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the President.

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Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012), American astronaut, test flight officers, naval aviators, and university professors.

While serving with NASA, Armstrong became the first astronaut to set foot on the moon on July 21, 1969, and the first to leave footprints on an extraterrestrial body. Humanity members, and their partner Buzz Aldrin also became the second person to land on the moon and return safely. The two stayed on the lunar surface for two and a half hours. Armstrong's first space mission was Gemini 8. During this mission, he and David Scott performed the first orbital docking in history.

In July 1969, Armstrong took "one giant step for mankind" when he launched Apollo 11, his second and final space mission.