Neil A. Armstrong
- Chairman of the Board of AIL Systems, Inc., Deer Park, NY, an electronic systems company
- Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962
- He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission
- Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space
- Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface
