APOLLO 11 Landing Anniversary And Footsteps on Moon
The First Moon Landing
On July 20, 1969, millions of people tuned in to see two American astronauts do a step that had never before been accomplished. They made history when Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin first stepped foot on the moon in their heavy space suits and oxygen-filled backpacks reached there by APOLLO 11.
Armstrong famously said, "That's one little stride for a man, one huge leap for humanity," when the pair placed a foot on the lunar surface for the first time.
The Race to Space
After a series of previous firsts in space, humans could take just one modest step. Sputnik 1, Russia's first artificial satellite, was launched in 1957. Several American satellites were launched in the wake of this. Both nations aspired to be the first to put a person in orbit. fi...