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- Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.
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Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong was a NASA astronaut most famous for being the first person to walk on the moon, on July 20, 1969. An accomplished test pilot, Armstrong also flew on the Gemini 8 mission in 1966. He retired from NASA in 1971 and remained active in the aerospace community, although he chose to keep mostly out of the public spotlight.
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Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong, in full Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S.—died August 25, 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio), U.S. astronaut, the first person to set foot on the Moon. Early life and career.
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Space legend Neil Armstrong dies The first men to walk on the moon. On 20th July 1969, NASA met President Kennedy's challenge, and Neil Armstrong (left) and Buzz Aldrin (right) became the first and second men to walk on the moon. Listen to a sound clip of the landing by clicking here.
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- At 4:18 p.m. on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong's voice crackled from the speakers at NASA's Mission Control in Houston. He said simply, the Eagle has landed.. With those words, the dream President John F. Kennedy's voiced in 1961--putting humans on the Moon by the end of the decade--had at last come true.EARTHRISE. On July 20, 1969, two U.S. astronauts became the first humans to observe Earth from its distant moon.EARTHRISE.hat said, this celebration has an edge of sadness: the first to the Moon were close to being the last. But for many--including those who were born well after the Eagle landed--the excitement lives on.
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First Man on the Moon A Difficult Landing. On July 19, at 1:28 p.m. EDT, Apollo 11 entered the moon's orbit. After spending a full day in lunar orbit, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin boarded the lunar module and detached it from the command module for their descent to the moon's surface.
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Neil Armstrong US President Barack Obama said Armstrong was among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time. Last November he received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian award. Image caption Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon, has died aged 82. Here he is seen sitting inside the Lunar Module while it rested on the Moon's surface.
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Neil Armstrongâs First Words on the Moon Claim: astronaut Neil Armstrong flubbed his historic 'one small step' remark as he became the first man to set foot on the surface of the moon.
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The first American in space On February 5, 1971, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, became the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission.
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Apollo 11 Front Page | Years | Themes | Witness. American Neil Armstrong has become the first man to walk on the Moon. The astronaut stepped onto the Moon's surface, in the Sea of Tranquility, at 0256 GMT, nearly 20 minutes after first opening the hatch on the Eagle landing craft.
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Project Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis Yuri Gagarin: First Man in Space April 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (left, on the way to the launch pad) became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. Newspapers like The Huntsville Times (right) trumpeted Gagarin's accomplishment.
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Apollo 11 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material to bring back to Earth.
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Apollo 11 Several books indicate early mission timelines had Buzz Aldrin rather than Neil Armstrong as the first man on the Moon. At 02:39 UTC on Monday July 21, 1969, Armstrong opened the hatch, and at 02:51 UTC began his descent to the lunar surface. The Remote Control Unit controls on his chest kept him from seeing his feet.
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Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon Missions before Apollo 11 included the first crewed trip around the moon (Apollo 8, December 1968), the first test of the lunar module in space (Apollo 9, March 1969) and the first simulated lunar landing (Apollo 10, May 1969).
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- Kamuy - Some notable kamuy. 1  Ae-oina Kamuy, a culture hero who taught humans the domesticated and sacred arts. 2  Apasam Kamuy, kamuy of the threshold. 3  Chikap Kamuy/Kotankor Kamuy, god of owls and the land. 4  Hasinaw-uk-kamuy, goddess of the hunt. 5  Kamuy-huci, goddess of the hearth. 6  Kandakoro Kamuy, the prime originator, god of the sky.
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Neil Armstrong For other people named Neil Armstrong, see Neil Armstrong (disambiguation). Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War.
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Neil Armstrong After landing, Armstrong was the first to leave the craft and walk on the Moon. The historic date was July 21, 1969. His famous words upon being the first man on the Moon were That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Buzz Aldrin also walked on the Moon during this trip.
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When 46 years ago Neil Armstrong took ''One giant leap for Mankind'' New Delhi: On this day in 1969, Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut, became the first person to walk on the moon. To millions of people witnessing history, he proclaimed these unforgettable words on television: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
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Neil Armstrong dead at 82: First man to walk on the Moon passes away following heart surgery, 43 years after giant leap for mankind July 20, 1969. See all statements on Armstrong's death Editor's Note: See information about the Sept. 13 memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral. Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, has died, following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82.
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First Man on the Moon Who Was the First Man on the Moon? For thousands of years, man had looked to the heavens and dreamed of walking on the moon. On July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong became the very first to accomplish that dream, followed only minutes later by Buzz Aldrin.
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Apollo 11 The sign the astronauts left on the moon says, Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.. Image Credit: NASA On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon.
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First Man on the Moon For thousands of years, man had looked to the heavens and dreamed of walking on the moon. On July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong became the very first to accomplish that dream, followed only minutes later by Buzz Aldrin. Their accomplishment placed the United States ahead of the Soviets in the Space Race and gave people around the world the hope of future space exploration.
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First Man on the Moon For thousands of years, man had looked to the heavens and dreamed of walking on the moon. In 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong became the very first to accomplish that dream, followed only minutes later by Buzz Aldrin.
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11 Strange Facts You Didnât Know About the First Moon Landing We all know of the pioneering journey of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the sometimes forgotten third astronaut Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin were the first astronauts to successfully land the Lunar Module (LM) Eagle on the Moon in 1969 whilst Collins orbited in the Command and Service Module (CSM) Columbia. We have seen the pictures and we have heard the audio but what about the stuff we weren’t told about.
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The Soviet Union is first to the Moon After 1961, under President Kennedy, American efforts intensified while the Soviet programme suffered from infighting after Korolev’s death at 59 in 1966, following an operation that went wrong. The Luna programme continued and in 1966, the year of Korolev’s death, Luna 9 made the first soft landing on the Moon. In the end it was of course the Americans who won the race, in 1969, when their astronauts first walked on the Moon. For all the years of rivalry, the viewing room in Russia burst into huge applause as Neil Armstrong took the first steps.