1930  Ohio, USA.

Family : Married. Two sons.

Education :  Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering.

Experience: 1949 – 1952  naval aviator

Korean War

Flying over 200 different models of aircraft, including jets, rockets, helicopters and gliders for NASA

1962 : astronaut

1969 :  commander of Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, the first man to land a craft on the Moon and the first man to step on its surface.

1971-1979 : professor at the University of Cincinatti.