1969, The First Footprint On The Moon Apollo 11
On this day during on July 20, 1969, the first footprint on the Moon Apollo 11. The first footprint on the Moon set by Neil Armstrong. An American astronaut Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the Moon.
The Footprint
Neil Armstrong became the very first human too footprint on the Moon. After that, an American astronaut Buzz Aldrin took the historical footprint on the Moon photographed. Meanwhile, Armstrong and Buzz picked up rocks and dirt to bring back to Earth.
The Apollo 11
Further, Apollo 11 became the very first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. Apollo 11 crewed by Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin.
During on July 16, 1969, at 13:32 Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. On July 20, 1969, Apollo Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Moon. Meanwhile, Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface.
President John F. Kennedy’s national goal proposed in 1961 and Apollo 11 effectively ended the Space Race.
After more than eight days in space on July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.
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