It’s been 54 years since the moon landing. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin with the Apollo 11, this It was possible thanks to the work of 400,000 people. It was a monumental effort involving engineers, scientists, mechanics, technicians, pilots, divers, seamstresses, secretaries and other personnel from all over the country to make it possible for man to walk on the moon for the first time.

On July 16, 1969 at 9:32 am Apollo 11 launched from Florida and took Commander Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins on a mission for the history books: a mission to become the first humans to land on another celestial body. Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard the command module.

It all started on May 25, 1961, when US President John F. Kennedy announced his intention to send astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade. This happened three weeks after astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to go into space. Finally. 8 years later the goal was reached.

What was the line Neil Armstrong said?

When he set foot on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong famously said, “It’s one small step for a man, but one giant leap for mankind.”

For decades, theories have been advanced that this event was really a montage, that it was just another Hollywood cut or farce to distract the Soviet Union during the so-called Cold War. However, that has never been confirmed.