Astronaut Neil Armstrong walks on the moon, "That's one small step for man...", July 20, 1969.

Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16 and four days later would arrive at its lunar destination. It had a crew of 3 brave pioneers, Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

Apollo 11 effectively won the Space Race for the United Staes and fulfilled a national goal set forth in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy to land an American on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the end of the decade. Neil Armstrong's first steps on the lunar surface were broadcast on live television to a worldwide audience. He described the monumentally historic event as "one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind."