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FIRST MAN ON THE MOON On July 21, 1969, at 2:56 am GMT, American astronaut  Neil
Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. As he put his left
foot down on the moon’s surface, Armstrong declared: "That's one small step
for man but one giant leap for mankind." He was joined on the moon by fellow
astronaut “Buzz” Aldrin twenty minutes later while Michael Collins orbited
the moon in the Apollo 11 command module Columbia. They had left
earth on July 16th and arrived home July 24th to a
heroes’ welcome.The news was solemnly announced to the Soviet public at 10:30 am GMT. The moon landing marked 
the pinnacle of the space race and America’s superiority over the Soviet
Union. Investment and interest in the space program steadily declined in
the following years. The three astronauts
 spent
21 days in quarantine before being released. This procedure was later
dropped because no alien organisms were present.*Bottom left picture from http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/21/newsid_2635000/2635845.stm Sources: |
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