Charbel Torbey
Jul 20, 2017 · 1 min read

Moon Day

The first man to walk on the moon was American astronaut Neil Armstrong.

On July 20, 1969, he and his fellow astronaut, Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, left the command module and landed the lunar module Eagle on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility.

Armstrong’s first words as he stepped out on the lunar surface were heard by an estimated 600 million viewers: "That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." The Apollo 11 mission was completed eight years after President John F. Kennedy told Congress he believed that the United States could put a man on the moon before the decade ended.

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