Camp Crowder is located in Newton County. The nearest urban area is Neosho, MO., with a population of 9,500, 2 miles distant. Commercial air service, bus terminal, taxi service and car rental service is available in Joplin, MO., 25 miles distant. Taxi service is available in Neosho, MO.
Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930. He set foot on the moon July 21, 1969. Therefore he was 38 years of age when he walked on the moon.
Neil Armstrong sits in the lunar module after a historic moonwalk. Credit: NASA. View full size image. Neil A. Armstrong was a NASA astronaut and the first man on the moon or, more accurately, the first man to set foot on the moon. Armstrong was the pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, launched March 16, 1966. 2  He performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space (Gemini 8 docked with a previously launched Agena rocket). 3  After his time as an astronaut, Armstrong was Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics at NASA Headquarters.