WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The lunar module Eagle of the Apollo 11 mission landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to land on the Moon and walk on the lunar surface.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin were the first of 12 human beings to walk on the Moon. Four of America’s moonwalkers are still alive: Aldrin (Apollo 11), David Scott (Apollo 15), Charles Duke (Apollo 16), and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17).

Detailed explanation-4: -At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240, 000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Stepping off the lunar module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon.

Detailed explanation-5: -Twelve men walked on the Moon during six Moon landings of the Apollo program between July 1969 and December 1972. All landed on the surface only once, and five missions consisted of two or more surface EVAs. Four of them are alive as of January 2023.