Moon Landing

"On July 20, 1969, at 10:56 p.m. ET, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped off the "Eagle" onto the surface of the moon and said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. ("Apollo Anniversary: Moon Landing "Inspired World"" Daily Nature and Science News and Headlines | National Geographic News. Web. 12 Dec. 2011. .)"

The 1960’s was a very important year for us. A lot of things happened that contributed to what the Unite States in now. One of the many things that happened during that decay was our first time the Unites States set foot on the moon. In 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong became the very first to accomplish that. Their accomplishment placed the United States ahead of the Soviets in the Space Race and gave people around the world the hope of future space exploration. Fulfilling President John F. Kennedy's mandate to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s. The astronauts planted a specially designed U.S. flag on the lunar surface, in clear view of the TV camera. President Richard Nixon spoke to them through a telephone-radio transmission which Nixon called "the most historic phone call ever made from the White House. Nixon originally had a long speech prepared to read during the phone call, but Frank Borman, who was at the White House as a NASA liaison during Apollo 11, convinced Nixon to keep his words brief, to respect the lunar landing as Kennedy's legacy.

The goal of Apollo 11 was stated very simply. Perform manned lunar landing and return mission safely. Simply stated, but almost impossible to achieve, it was the mission NASA had been preparing for almost a decade, and nobody was trying to pretend this was just another launch.

It would take this rocket ship almost three days to reach the shores of their new world.

Exactly 75 hours and 50 minutes after blasting off from Earth, the crew of Apollo 11 entered lunar orbit, something only two crews before them had done. Every orbit brought the...