Snapshots in History: July 20: Remembering the First Moon Landing
On July 20 and beyond, take a moment to remember humankind’s first visit to the Moon with the landing of the Lunar Module from the Apollo 11 spacecraft and that first step on the Moon’s surface taken by Apollo 11 Commander Neil A. Armstrong, accompanied by Lunar Module pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. The third astronaut, Michael Collins, remained in orbit around the Moon piloting Apollo 11’s Command Module.
The first landing on the Moon was a triumph for the United States of America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the outer space race with the Soviet Union. Project Apollo under NASA’s auspices succeeded in six (6) separate missions to the Moon (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17). Only Apollo 13 did not land on the Moon, owing to an oxygen explosion that crippled the Service Module of the spacecraft and necessitated the retention of the Lunar Module as a “lifeboat” in returning the flight crew safely to Earth.
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