GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin were the first of 12 human beings to walk on the Moon.

Detailed explanation-2: -Armstrong, a 38-year-old civilian research pilot, was the commander of the mission. After traveling 240, 000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered into a lunar orbit on July 19. The next day, at 1:46 p.m., the lunar module Eagle, manned by Armstrong and Aldrin, separated from the command module, where Collins remained.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was one of nine NASA astronauts in the second class to be chosen. Armstrong is probably best known as the commander of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission to the moon, during which he became the first person to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.