Apollo 11

The Apollo 11 rocket ship blasted off from the United States on July 16, 1969. Four days later, Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on the Moon. The crew did experiments and planted a U.S. flag on the Moon. On July 24, the Apollo 11 crew came back to Earth safely. This amazing mission capped a 1961 national challenge by President John F. Kennedy to put a man on the Moon.
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