KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -At 02:56 GMT on 21 July 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. He stepped out of the Apollo 11 lunar module and onto the Moon’s surface, in an area called the ‘Sea of Tranquility.’

Detailed explanation-2: -Only three entities have successfully soft-landed on the Moon-the government-funded space agencies of China, the Soviet Union and the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -Culminating with Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong’s first step onto the Moon on July 20, 1969, the space flight, the lunar landing, and the crew’s safe return to earth were seen as epochal events, worthy of intense media coverage, international celebration, and careful social analysis.