Man's momentous first landing on the moon took place on 20th August 1969. at the start of Kennedy's reign as president he promised the American people that America would put man on the moon and return him safely to Earth. On 16th July 1969 three men, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins set off on the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon.
The Moon Landing
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MOON LANDING FACTS
There has been a total 12 Astronauts who have set foot on the Moon. They did so on six separate Nasa missions over a period of 41 months.
Armstrong famously missed out the word 'a' in his famous landing quote.
Michael Collins remains to this day the mostly forgotten man of the three man crew as he stayed in the command module during the entire landing and never set foot on the moon.
After returning to the la nding module, Aldrin accidentally broke the switch used to activate the ascent engines. After initial concern they managed to activate the switch using a ball-point pen
An estimated 600 million people watched the Apollo 11 landing live on television, it remained a record until the funeral of Lady Diana Spencer.
After returning to Earth the astronauts were put in quarantine for three weeks for fear they may have brought back unknown pathogens from the Moon
The first flag to appear on the moon was actually the Russian flag.
The Astronauts collected 22 kilograms of material, including 50 rocks, samples of the fine-grained lunar "soil," and two core tubes that included material from up to 13 centimeters below the Moon's surface.
The Lunar Module was nicknamed The Eagle and the Command Module was nicknamed Colombia.
The British and the Russians independently tracked the Apollo 11 mission to the moon thus blowing the conspiracy theory out of the water.
The actual act of landing on the moon is far more complex than you'd imagine. You cannot simply fly to it and land you have to target an empty area of space and hope that the moon lines up with it as it is orbiting the Earth.
The Lunar Module had to be ridiculously light due to weight restrictions imposed on the Saturn V launch rocket and as such did not have any seats.
Buzz Aldrin famously repeated Armstrong's supposed misquote on landing on the moon as the crew were returning to Earth and he stated that Armstrong had indeed quoted 'a man` and not missed the word 'a' out by accident as most commentators assumed.
Only Buzz Aldrin wore a watch on the Lunar surface, a standard issue Omega Speedmaster Professional.
The raw satellite images of the landing were lost by NASA and have never since resurfaced.
Armstrong and Aldrin remained on the surface of the moon for 21 hours.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Apollo 11 - The launch took place at the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on July 16, 1969, at 14:32 BST. A Saturn V rocket (still the most powerful ever used) was used to launch the Apollo 11 mission. After 12 minutes Apollo 11 entered orbit and after one and a half orbits the third stage rocket boosted the craft towards the Moon.

On the 2oth July 1969 the lunar module separated from the command module and the Eagle continued on it's journey down to the moon's surface. Unfortunately during the descent the computers at Mission HQ proved inadequate for their task and churned out unexpected 1202 and 1201 errors which Mission Control decided were safe to ignore and at 20.17 BST Apollo 11 landed on the moon at Mare Tranquillitatis.

The astronauts had several tasks to perform on the moon such as taking lunar samples, photographing the surface and deploying several experiments. The EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) lasted around 150 minutes during which time all tasks were completed successfully.
A classic scene from Man's first landing on the moon in 1969. Often the subject of conspiracy theorists who believe that man has never been to the Moon and that the event was some kind of 'Hollywood Stage-Managed' event.
Saturn 5 Rocket launching Apollo 11 on 16th July 1969.
'It's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Neil Armstrong (about to set foot on the Moon)

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." President John F. Kennedy (Congress, May 25th 1961)

"10, 9, ignition sequence start, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero. All engines running. Liftoff! We have a liftoff! Thirty-two minutes past the hour. Liftoff on Apollo 11!'" Jack King, Nasa Chief of Public Information (Take-off Apollo 11)

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Neil Armstrong (Upon landing on the Moon)

"Roger, Twank...Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue here. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot!" Capsule Commander Charles Duke (After a difficult descent to the Moon)