{"id":25106,"date":"2023-07-20T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=25106&preview=true&preview_id=25106"},"modified":"2023-07-19T12:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:07:04","slug":"54-years-ago-today-apollo-11-landed-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/lifestyle\/54-years-ago-today-apollo-11-landed-on-the-moon-20230720","title":{"rendered":"54 Years Ago Today, Apollo 11 Landed On The Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fifty-four years ago today, on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11<\/em> landed on the moon. The first people to even step on the moon were aboard that spacecraft.<\/p>\n

A Race<\/h2>\n

In the mid-1900s, a space race was going on, mainly between the Soviet Union and the United States. While it looked like the Soviet Union might have the lead when they put the first people in space, the U.S. quickly caught up.<\/p>\n

JFK<\/h2>\n

In 1962 when the space race was going on, President John. F. Kennedy declared that the U.S. would land on the moon by the end of the decade (1970). [1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Apollo<\/em><\/h2>\n

The Apollo<\/em> missions had four main goals, including establishing the technology to meet other national interests in space, achieving preeminence in space for the United States, carrying out a program of scientific exploration of the moon, and developing human capability to work in the lunar environment. [2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Apollo 11<\/em><\/h2>\n

On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 <\/em>launched with Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. After getting into orbit and orbiting for four days, the lunar module, Eagle,<\/em>\u00a0set course to land on the moon. In total, Armstrong and Aldrin spent a little over twenty-one hours on the moon. [3]<\/sup><\/a> While landed on the moon, Armstrong spoke the now-famous words,<\/p>\n

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That’s one small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Notes:<\/h4>
  1. ^<\/a>This day in history: JFK delivers iconic ‘We choose to go to the Moon’ speech – Space Center Houston<\/a> (go back  ↩)<\/a><\/li>
  2. ^<\/a>The Apollo Missions<\/a> (go back  ↩)<\/a><\/li>
  3. ^<\/a>Apollo 11 Mission Overview<\/a> (go back  ↩)<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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