Neil Armstrong commanded a space mission in 1966.
He made his first space flight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966 , becoming NASA 's first civilian astronaut to fly in space .	NASA	NASA	astronaut	astronaut	Gemini 8	Gemini 8
Gemini 8 -LRB- officially Gemini VIII -RRB- was the sixth manned spaceflight in NASA 's Gemini program .	NASA	NASA	Gemini	Project Gemini
