1969 Moon Landing ‑ Date, Facts, Video - HISTORY
WEBAug 23, 2018 · On July 20, 1969, two American astronauts landed on the moon and became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface. The event marked the culmination of a nearly decade‑long intense push...
Apollo 11 - Wikipedia
WEBCommander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
Neil Armstrong walks on moon | July 20, 1969 - HISTORY
WEBNov 24, 2009 · At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap...
Apollo 11 | History, Mission, Landing, Astronauts, Pictures, …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Apollo 11, U.S. spaceflight in which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the culmination of the Apollo program and a massive national commitment by the United States to beat the Soviet Union in putting people on the Moon.
July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind - NASA
WEBJul 20, 2019 · It is only seven months since NASA’s made a bold decision to send Apollo 8 all the way to the moon on the first manned flight of the massive Saturn V rocket. Now, on the morning of July 16, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong , Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins sit atop another Saturn V at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.
Apollo 11 Timeline - National Air and Space Museum
WEBOn July 20, 1969, a human walked on the Moon for the first time. Relive the full journey to and from the the Moon with the timeline below. Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B. Johnson view the liftoff of Apollo 11 from pad 39A.
55 Years Ago: Apollo 11’s One Small Step, One Giant Leap
WEBJul 16, 2024 · In July 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin completed humanity’s first landing on the Moon. They fulfilled President John F. Kennedy’s national goal , set in May 1961, to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth before the end of the decade.
Apollo 11 Lands at Tranquility Base on the Moon | Britannica
WEBWitness Neil Armstrong take humankind's first steps on the lunar surface during NASA's Apollo 11 mission. Perhaps the most famous of all space films, these clips document the arrival of the first human beings on the Moon during the afternoon of July 20, 1969. They comprise footage of the landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, taken with a 16-mm ...
Apollo 11: The Moon Landing - National Air and Space Museum
WEBApollo 11. On July 20, 1969, humans walked on the Moon for the first time. We look back at the legacy of our first small steps on the Moon and look forward to the next giant leap. Overview.
Apollo 11 - NASA
WEBJul 11, 2024 · Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. He was an astronaut who flew on two space missions. The first was Gemini 8. The second was Apollo 11, which landed on the moon in 1969. Armstrong was also an engineer, a pilot and a college professor. Read More