Neil Armstrong
Birthday: 5 August 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
Birth Name: Neil Alden Armstrong
Height: 180 cm
Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA as Neil Alden Armstrong. He is known for his work on Future Flight (1987), Tornadoes: The Entity (1993) and The Other Side of the Moo ...Show More
In my mind, the important thing was that we got four aluminum legs safely down on the surface of the Show more
In my mind, the important thing was that we got four aluminum legs safely down on the surface of the moon while we were still inside the craft. To me, there wasn't a lot of difference between having ten feet of leg between the bottom of the spacecraft in which we were standing and the surface of the moon, and having one inch of neoprene rubber or plastic on the bottom of our boots touching the lunar surface. Hide
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. [First words spoken on the moon. The spee Show more
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. [First words spoken on the moon. The speech as written by his wife read, "That's one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind". Unfortunately, he forgot the a in the between for and man, thus changing the meaning.] Hide
The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this p Show more
The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited. Hide
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in Show more
Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone. Hide
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut Show more
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. Hide
[commenting of the feasibility of a manned mission to Mars] I suspect that even though the various q Show more
[commenting of the feasibility of a manned mission to Mars] I suspect that even though the various questions are difficult and many, they are not as difficult and many as those we faced when we started the Apollo (space program) in 1961. Hide
Neil Armstrong's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (75)
Neil Armstrong'S roles
Neil Armstrong
