jul 20, 1969 - The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that carried the first-ever humans to the moon. The flight took off on the 16th July 1969, 11:32 pm and onboard the spacecraft were Commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins who doesn’t get much recognition but was the one who flew the spacecraft and stayed the vehicle with all the controls.

Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours and 39 minutes later on July 21 at 02:56; Buzz Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later. Together they spent around two and a quarter hours outside the spacecraft and ended up collecting 21.5 kg (47.5 pounds) of lunar material to bring back to Earth for investigating and studying. Command module pilot Michael Collins flew the Command Module “Columbia” alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface collecting data. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21 hours, 36 minutes on the lunar surface at a site they named Tranquility Base before lifting off to rejoin Columbia in lunar orbit.

During this experience, Those at home were cramped together watching from the at the time very rare and expensive TV and were overjoyed when they returned safely. Most were doubting their mission but soon after were proved wrong. After returning on it was a huge sigh of relief because they knew after this return there was going to be a lot more space exploration and it opened a new chapter with it.

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