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Apollo 11, U.S. spaceflight in which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the culmination of the Apollo program and a massive national commitment by the United States to beat the Soviet Union in putting people on the Moon.
Apollo 11 Anniversary: It has been 50 years of NASA’s Apollo Mission widely referred to as the biggest achievement of science till date. The Google doodle has an animated video in which astronaut Michel Collins narrates journey to the moon. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong aboard NASA's Apollo 11 spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy became the first man to set foot on the surface of Moon. Expressing what it means to humanity, Armstrong said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap
Moon rocks look rather nondescript—they are often gray in colour — but for NASA planetary scientist Samuel Lawrence, they are the 'most precious materials on Earth.' What is certain is that the lunar samples first gathered by Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong nearly 50 years ago have helped transform our understanding of the cosmos.
A new permanent exhibit focusing on space exploration and the Ohio native who was the first person to walk on the moon has opened at a Cincinnati museum. The Neil Armstrong Space Exploration Gallery opened May 6 in the Cincinnati Museum Centre.
Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is something of a historical epic in song form. But what do all those historical references mean?