Has anyone ever been to the moon?

On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon for the first time aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft.

On July 16, 1969, he flew to the moon on the Apollo 11 spacecraft with Aldrin and Michael Collins (who served as commander). On July 20, Armstrong controlled the Eagle lunar module to land on the lunar surface. At about 10 p.m. U.S. time that day, he and Aldrin stepped out of the lunar module and set foot on the moon.

Armstrong took the lead in setting foot on the desolate and silent land of the moon, becoming the first person to land on the moon and walk on the moon. At that time, he said a famous saying that has been often quoted on countless occasions since then: "This is a small step for a man, but a giant step for mankind." They spent 21 hours on the moon, and on the 21st It took off from the moon and returned to Earth on the 24th. In the same year, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the President.

From 1970 to 1971, he served as deputy director of the Office of Advanced Research and Technology at NASA Headquarters in Washington. After retiring from NASA in 1971, he served as a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati until 1979.

In March 1985, he was appointed as a member of the National Committee on Space Issues. In February 1986, he served as vice chairman of the Presidential Commission to Investigate the Space Shuttle Accident. Since the 1980s, he has also served as a director or chairman of many companies.

On July 20, 1999, the United States held a ceremony at the Air and Space Museum in Washington to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon. At the ceremony, Vice President Gore awarded the Langley Gold Medal to American astronauts Neil Armstrong and his companion Edwin Aldrin, who were the first to land on the moon, as well as Michael Collins, who piloted the command module.

On August 25, 2012, he died of complications after heart bypass surgery at the age of 82. His family said in a statement that Armstrong died of complications following heart bypass surgery in early August. U.S. President Obama ordered on the 27th that flags across the country will be flown at half-mast on the day of the funeral of Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to successfully land on the moon, to pay tribute to this legendary figure and express his condolences.