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.
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander, inside the Lunar Module as it rests on the lunar surface after completion of his historic moonwalk. Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, has died, following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82.