The answer is Neil Armstrong.
This man is what we can define as a space
legend. Astronaut from the United States, he became the first person to ever walk
on the moon’s surface, on July 20th, 1969. Neil Armstrong is one
example of an astronaut who followed an educational pathway that lead him to
his amazing astronaut career: he went to Purdue University and earned his
bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering and then achieved his masters degree
at the University of Southern California.
After graduating from college, Armstrong became a test pilot. After
years of practice, Armstrong applied to become an astronaut and in September of
1962 he was selected for the NASA Astronaut Corps. He had to go through a
series of harsh physical tests, but passed them all and was soon part of the "new
nine", or second group of nine NASA astronauts. In
1969 he was offered the command of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, eponym
of the mission, which took him to the moon. Armstrong will for ever be
remembered for his famous words broadcasted live all over the planet:
"this is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". One funny fact about this historical
achievement would be that the footprints made by Armstrong on the surface of
the moon would never disappear, simply because there no wind there to remove
them!
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http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/08/25/astronaut-neil-armstrong-true-life-superhero-and-first-man-on-the-moon-dies-at-82)
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