The first moon landing on July 20, 1969, was one of the great achievements in human history. These 8 facts highlight the way it still captures the human imagination today.

Man first stepped first on the moon with the historic NASA Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. The incredible feat of human exploration still amazes the world today.

More than half a billion people watched Armstrong take his first step on the moon on TV, according to NASA. At 10:56 p.m. on July 20, 1969, Armstrong climbed down the ladder, planted a foot and ...

On July 20th, 1969, with “one small step,” Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. But why did he get to go first? Since that date forty five years ago, the moon landing ...

See the timeline of the moments leading up to man's first steps on the moon. ... Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin landed on the moon in the lunar module July 20, 1969.

It was a Sunday evening, July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong made the historic first step on the moon.The first step came at 10:56:20 P.M. EDT and the first words...."That's one small step for man ...

With one small step off a ladder, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, before the eyes of hundreds of millions of awed television viewers worldwide.

Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on the moon Sunday. His first words as he set foot on the lunar surface moments before 11 p.m. were: “That’s one small step for ...

Man took his first step on the moon on this day in 1969. “There was life on the moon yesterday. Man placed it there and seemed destined now to spread it all through the heavens,” wrote Seattle ...

An estimated 10,000 persons gather to watch giant television screens in New York's Central Park and cheer as astronaut Neil Armstrong takes man's first step on the moon on July 20, 1969. The ...

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82. He became a global hero when, as a steely-nerved U.S. pilot, he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step on ...

Fifty years after humans first stepped on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, NASA has created a goal of landing the first woman and next man on the moon’s South Pole by 2024. NASA has dubbed ...