Apollo Mission Research Paper

“‘That’s one small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind’” (“The Apollo Missions”). Neil Armstrong spoke these famous words the first day anyone had stepped foot on the moon. It was not just that any man landed on the moon, but it was an American man. The United States of America was proud to say that they were the first on the moon, especially when it came to competing with other countries such as the Soviet Union. The Americans had been going back and forth with the Soviet Union for decades. Each country wanted to be the best country in the world. During the 1950s and 1960s, space traveling was the topic of interest and which country was going to space first. The space race between the Americans and the Soviet Union began with, which country would orbit the Earth first and then, the race expanded with which country would land on the moon first. After all the discoveries from back in those decades, America today is still doing research of space and everything space has to offer. The first objective that sparked the space race was to see a satellite orbit Earth one time. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union beat America at the beginning of the
Richard N. Nixon was the president during the time the Apollo Missions were taking place. The goal of the Apollo Program “was to land humans on the moon and assure their safe return to Earth” (“Space Program”). There were several Apollo Missions conducted, however, Apollo 11 is the most famous. Apollo 11 was the most famous because this mission landed humans on the moon. The day America landed on the moon was on July 20, 1969 with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. (“Space Program”). On the Apollo 11, “at about 109 hours, 42 minutes after launch, Armstrong stepped onto the moon. About 20 minutes later, Aldrin followed him” (“Apollo 11 Mission Overview”). There were certain objects left on the moon by the astronauts and they