Armstrong first walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969 (UTC). He and Buzz Aldrin landed in the lunar module Eagle, and Armstrong stepped onto the surface at 02:56 UTC on July 21, 1969, delivering the famous line, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." This historic event was part of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.[3][7]
Fulfills challenge from President Kennedy
www.voanews.comApollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, recalls the heyday of the Space Race for the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing.
www.space.comNeil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
cosmo.orgCBS News relives the momentous 1969 moon walk as told by two legends: Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong and "CBS Evening News" anchor Walter Cronkite – the man who made history and the man who reported it
www.cbsnews.comNeil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 and the first man to walk on the moon, has died at 82..
www.livescience.comThe world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing of spaceflight Apollo 11, when Armstrong famously declared, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
abcnews.go.comThe primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.
www.nasa.govJuly 1969. It’s a little over eight years since the flights of Gagarin and Shepard, followed quickly by President Kennedy’s challenge to put a man on the moon
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