Neil
Armstrong was the first man to land on the Moon. Neil Armstrong's
arrival on
the moon was one of the most thrilling events in the history of mankind.
Neil
Armstrong was born in
Ohio, USA. He was
intelligent in studies from his very childhood. Celestial bodies
fascinated him
from his childhood and he dreamt that the moon was calling him. After
studies,
he joined the US navy. He worked there and then joined the National
Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
Neil
worked in the NASA
with full dedication and
hard work. Later he left NASA, and remained only as consultant to it.
Armstrong
settled into civilian life as Professor of Engineering at the
University of
Cincinnati. He used to work with John Glenn, the man who went into
Earth's
orbit.
Our
Earth is surrounded by
air and beyond the
belt of air is space. In the space, the celestial bodies revolve due to
each
other's gravity. Before leaving for the moon, Armstrong was exposed to
extremes
of heat and cold, strong forces of gravity, complete weightlessness,
and the
various other conditions, which were anticipated to be in the space and
on the
Moon. He learned and practiced to survive both in desert and water. He
also
studied geography, aviation, biology, meteorology, astronomy and
astronautics.