July 21 is the day when man first set foot on the moon

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On July 1969, 21, man first stepped on the moon. This man was Neil Armstrong, commander of the American ship Apollo 11. Even the saying of this man, stepping on the moon, is well known: "It is a small step of man, but a great leap for humanity." The ship's crew consisted of three astronauts. The expedition was not organized for the purpose of scientific research, its sole purpose was to successfully land on the Moon to Earth and return safely. At the time of the mission, the group spacecraft remained in orbit, while two astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, were to land on the moon in a flight module, take samples from there, take pictures, and install several instruments. The module landed at sea on July 20 at 20.17:1969 p.m., Greenwich Mean Time. Armstrong descends to the surface of the Moon five hours later, and after a while Aldrin joins him. A camera mounted outside the module broadcast the astronauts landing on the moon. After the astronauts collected the required amount of materials and installed the instruments as well as the television camera, they also hoisted the American flag. It turns out that the U.S. Congress has refused to allow NASA to plant a UN flag on the moon. The astronauts left a note saying, “We are the first people to step from the planet Earth to the moon. July 22, New Age. We came in peace on behalf of all mankind. " Aldrin was close to an hour and a half on the Moon, while Armstrong was two hours and ten minutes. After 1969 hours, the flight module moves from the level of a natural satellite, and the astronauts successfully land on Earth. On August 13, XNUMX, the astronauts were joyfully greeted in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.