Neil Armstrong, The First Man On The Moon, in Pictures

The official NASA portrait of Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 mission.

Armstrong leads out his crew, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, to the rocket on July 16 1969.

The Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo 11 mission blasts off at Cape Kennedy.

The Apollo 11 crew: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Eugene, or 'Buzz', Aldrin.

Armstrong speaks to a technician during a suiting at the Kennedy Space Centre shortly before the moon mission.

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