“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” are the famous words spoken by Mr. Neil Armstrong as he took the first steps on the moon. Along with Buzz Aldrin, Armstrong walked on the moon leading to many discoveries and opportunities for advancements in science and technology. While many technological advancements lead up to man walking on the moon, the entire mission left a lasting effect on all people because Americans have now discovered many phenomenons as a result of that crucial mission. Americans, along with other advancing countries, made many technological breakthroughs in the previous years leading up to men walking on the moon. One outstanding achievement was the first satellite to orbit Earth, which occurred on October …show more content…
On July 16, 1969 the Apollo 11 launching was held at Cape Kennedy, Florida marking the beginning of the long awaited mission. Four days after the launching of Apollo 11, roughly 530 million watched Neil Armstrong take the first steps on the moon and heard the famous words, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” The moon, long the symbol of impossibility and forever a mystery, was now beneath mans feet. Neil walked on the moon for nineteen minutes before Aldrin joined him. After Armstrong and Aldrin collected samples for testing, they returned to the spaceship and rested for they had worked very hard. Once they awoke they had been on the moon for 10 revolutions, it was time for them to return home. They landed, as planned, in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969 (Apollo 11 Mission Overview). Though there was a few scares or moments of panic, the mission was a …show more content…
Apollo missions altogether costed America an estimated 176 billion dollars which caused anger among many Americans due to the lack of funding for the Vietnam War that was occurring at the same time. However, the missions also lead to many things we use today, like computer chips, cordless drills, and smoke detectors. The other Apollo missions are not recognised nearly as often as Apollo 11. Had Apollo 11 not been successful, eventually America would have tried again and probably been successful. However, if they were not successful then they would have kept trying until they got it. Had the mission been unsuccessful we probably would not have computers as advanced as we do, smoke detectors or cordless power tools. As a result of the successful mission Americans had more hope for themselves and felt as if they could do
The space race was an event that shaped America as we know it, and the man that came up with the idea to control the moon, John F. Kennedy, had a major impact on history. The United States and Russia were competing to land on the moon during a time of tension. NASA’s funding increased to get an man
There have been some major accomplishes in the United States during the United States. On July 16, 1969, the spacecraft called Apollo 11 launched. Apollo would take 3 American men to the moon. An estimated 530 million people watched the launch. On July 20, 1969, the Men apart of the Apollo 11 spacecraft made history, the first on the moon. Another accomplishment is the modern
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” said Neil Armstrong, the first man to be on the moon. Mankind has benefited so much from the Space Race. The Space Race was a Cold War competition between NASA and the USSR to reach the moon. The Space Race took place from 1957 up until 1975. On May 26, 1961, President Kennedy laid the Soviet challenge before the American people. During the Cold War, around a hundred space advancements were made. In the 20th century, more space breakthroughs happened after the moon landing itself. A few more moon landings followed Apollo 11. The Space Race had a positive effect on the world. Before the Space Race, most of the space exploration had been done by robots (Miller
Apollo 11 changed the way Americans saw the world, and the way the world saw Americans. The world had been competing, the biggest battle being between Russia and the United States. The whole world was aware of the space race. The landing on the moon was not just important to America. It was important to all of mankind. Neil Armstrong and the other crew members were shot into fame overnight, with Neil Armstrong being the first man on the moon. The Apollo 11 mission will never be forgotten by the American people.
Although this historical event was in fact a victory over the Russians, the fact that we had the engineering capabilities to put a man on the moon was far more important. Each step of the Apollo missions tested a different aspect of what would be the final mission, putting a man on the moon. The main concern of the mission was getting Armstrong and Aldrin down to the surface and back home safely. Genuine experimentation did not occur until NASA gained confidence in their ability to send astronauts to the moon. Upon contact with the moon’s surface, Armstrong and Aldrin unveiled and read the commemorative plaque on the lunar module’s leg, stuck the U.S. flag in the ground, and then spoke to the current president, Richard Nixon. Most of the science done on the moon included the planting of seismic equipment and a laser ranging reflector, the collection of rock and soil samples, and measuring the trajectory of regolith
Once Apollo 11 reached the moon, it paved the way for the United States to be considered a major superpower in many future wars and
In 1961, the United States of America was embroiled in the Cold War with the Soviet Union. This confrontation was taking place not only on land, sea and air, but in space as well. On May 25th, 1961 recently elected US President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress, during which he outlined his now famous Man on the Moon challenge. It was through this ambitious dream that the creation of the National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA) came about, which President Kennedy challenged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Although he didn't live to see the achievement of his dreams, the United States successfully landed Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on the moon on July 20, 1969 and
It was on July 20, 1969 that Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon, and said his most famous words, "That 's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." 45 years later NASA calls the Apollo 11 missions one of the crowning achievements of the 20th century. Started after President Kennedy’s speech to send a man to the moon, NASA had to play catch up in order to beat the Soviet Union and become the first country to land a man on the moon.
The U.S suffered a major setback when three astronauts died because of the spacecraft catching on fire in a space simulation. The Americans weren't the only ones who had a setback, the Soviets also had a setback when Sergey Korolyov had an unexpected death in January 1966, chief engineer of the Soviet space program. In December 1968 people all over the world saw the Apollo 8 launching, which was the first manned space mission to orbit the moon. Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr., and William Anders were the people who were on the Apollo 8 mission, the main purpose was to orbit around the moon and return back to earth safely. The Apollo 8 mission was a very important part of NASA's accomplishments it also plays a big role in the Apollo 11 mission.
On July 20, 1969, humanity did itself proud in spite of all its wars, sadism, hatred, and insanity. We set foot on another planet. Men walked on the moon. This changed our belief in what we could accomplish.
On July 16, 1969, NASA launched a shuttle into space containing Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. They were going to be the first people to step foot on the Moon. This mission into the unknown caused a commotion on Earth. Many reputable news sources across the world created various sources about this event. These are weighted with the high emotions that ran through the world as well as the facts gathered as the brave men first put their footprints on the barren surface of the Moon. The creators of each peice used logos, pathos, and ethos to get the desired response from their audiences.
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” are words that astronaut, Neil Armstrong declared as people around the world attentively watched him take the first steps on the moon. That moment would be documented in history and talked about for years to come. The Apollo 11 mission had left many doubts to those watching the spectacle. Would Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin successfully set foot on the moon? Or was this launch a disaster waiting to happen? The following texts, In Event of Moon Disaster by President Nixon’s speechwriter, William Safire, and The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness by novelist, Ayn Rand, both express the possibility of a disaster as well as the relief and contentment for the men on
Three men were in the spaceship to be the first men to walk and travel to the moon. The men’s names were Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Edwin Aldrin. More than 5 million people were watching the space launch. At 109:24:19, Armstrong was recorded to take humankind’s first steps on the moon. Apollo 11 was important because it was the mission to let mankind to travel and walk on the planets.
The trip around the world continued the “space race” between countries. There were other trips into space later on. One of the major space trips years after Glenn was the “man on the moon.” On July twentieth, nineteen sixty-nine, Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut was the first man to walk on the moon. His famous words are “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Space journeys continued the years following the “man on the moon.” Machines are used to record space by taking pictures in order to obtain more information concerning space.
On July 20, 1969 America finally became first in the protracted space race with the Soviets. On that day for America, Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin of Apollo 11 became the first humans to step foot on the moon. This of course was a massive victory alongside the Soviet Union. “ The first men to land on the moon were launched from the site of KSC (Kennedy Space Center) in 1969, and every human space flight launch in the United States since that time has taken place from the Kennedy Space Center” (Rogier). “Apollo was the NASA program that resulted in American astronauts' making an aggregate of 11 spaceflights a total of 12 astronauts having walked on the moon conducting research there