Neil Armstrong Turns 94: Celebrating the First Man on the Moon

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Born August 5, 1930, in Ohio, Armstrong became a global icon with one historic step

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Armstrong earned his student pilot’s license at 16 and flew combat missions during the Korean War

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He became NASA’s first civilian in the astronaut program, flying missions like Gemini 8 and testing the X‑15 rocket plane

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Commanding Apollo 11, he became the first human to walk on the lunar surface, coining the iconic phrase heard around the world

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His moonwalk was broadcast live and witnessed by over a billion viewers—uniting humanity for a moment

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