canaveral florida july 19th 69. 3 men set off on one of the greatest adventures in human history with their goal of the moon. that the right to travel hundreds of thousands were there to watch. the cold war was in full swing and the competition between the u.s. and the soviet union extended even to space. on july 20th 1069 astronaut neil armstrong became the 1st human to set foot on earth spoil me permanent satellite. up. this event would bring armstrong fame that he had never sought and it would