Neil Armstrong was born in 1930 in Ohio and took flying lessons when he was 14. He served as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952 and joined NASA in 1955. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon as commander of the Apollo 11 mission, uttering the famous words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." He received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for his contributions. Armstrong died in 2012 in Ohio.