Thats one small step for a man, and one giant leap for Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fift th human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried mander Neil Alden Arms trong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene Buzz Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first hu mans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedys goal of reaching the moon by the end of the 196 0s, which he had expressed during a speech given before a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: I believe that this nation mit itself t o achieving the
