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
scientific testing equipment. a few hold off even if you die once they were back on board the reopening of the hatch and tossed out their backpacks gloves and boots he told mr goddard left all that stuff behind it to reduce the weight of the lander before lift off of it. and. they also had placed a golden all of branch on the moon surface and a medal of honor in cosmonaut yuri gagarin the 1st man in space. armstrong and aldrin spent a total of nearly 22 hours on the moon as the lander module took off the powerful exhaust from the engines blew down the american flag that the astronauts had put up . the mission had gone well so far but the white house had already prepared
a dress rehearsal for the moon mission the astronauts tested all the equipment and procedures that would be involved in an actual landing. the flight that would place astronauts on the surface of the moon apollo 11 was now just 2 months away. armstrong was under enormous pressure as he revealed in a 2010 interview. he s satisfied was arraigned this day and they caught it. 100-1000 that s a sure thing he didn t want to know it was given to. so. the u.s.s.r. was also working hard to put a man on the moon. alexei laon an experienced cosmonaut was chosen to command the 1st lunar landing mission. the soviets had been carrying out tests of the huge and one rocket that would carry the crew into space. but in july 1969
their 2 and a half hours on the moon surface the astronauts put up an american flag. there to hold my girl you re. president richard nixon phoned the crew with a special message. i am right there i. am going to remember. right i. am glad. they are very very poor we got. a german newspaper said. is now american. the astronauts now had some time to sleep before they blasted off to rejoin the command module but they didn t get much rest it was cold and the earth was shining brightly . armstrong and aldrin left a lot of equipment on the moon surface including the modules landing gear and the
of them all i want to hear that i can work out over guardedly on the big one. however. i prefer to. think of where we re. at. the bar. on our character. our are. very very smart and very good to get the other portable power. out there very far. armstrong stepped away from the latter and turned toward the camera. have a very proper lamb out. then he spoke the