jul 20, 1969 - The Apollo 11 Mission
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The Apollo 11 lands on the moon on July 20th, 1969, and man walks on the moon. To beat the USSR to having people on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin spend 21.5 hours on the moon with 2 and a half of those hours outside the capsule. The astronauts also returned to Earth the first samples from another planetary body. Michael Collins stayed on the shuttle orbiting the moon, waiting for his crewmatesAdded to timeline:
Date:
jul 20, 1969
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~ 56 years ago