Apollo 11: The First Moon Missions
On July 21 1969, Apollo 11 was the first moon mission where men of Earth explored the Moon’s surface for the first time in history. This mission couldn't have been such a success if it weren't for the past missions that encountered great trials and errors along the way, like fires and explosions in capsules. After many disastrous events happened in the NASA space program, there was one real problem that needed to be faced. NASA was trying to get to the moon and land a lunar mission before the Soviet Union. The Americans began to exchange different ideas to get to the Moon faster and more efficiently than the Russians. The U.S. had now caught themselves up in a lunar competition for a race to the moon. President Kennedy pushed NASA to put a man on the moon before anyone else, and with a bigger budget and national pride on the line, Americans planned to do so. After months of trial and error in the Apollo missions, NASA had finally landed the first people on the moon, on July 21, 1969. The present was also affected greatly by the Apollo missions. They created new ideas for a better future, like a reusable space capsule and radiology, to help fight cancer.
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As a kid I was very interested in space and going to the moon. Thus I picked Apollo 11, the first manned mission to send men of Earth, successfully into space, to the moon, and
As a kid I was very interested in space and going to the moon. Thus I picked Apollo 11, the first manned mission to send men of Earth, successfully into space, to the moon, and