🔬 Apollo 11 lands on the Moon (1969)
' The command module Columbia, which brought the astronauts home, is at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D. C.
Where: Kennedy Space Center (launch site)
📅 On This Day: July 20
July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 lands on the Moon. On 20 July 1969, the lander of Apollo 11, launched from Kennedy Space Center, touched down on the Moon. Hours later Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface, saying, 'That's one small step for man.
✨ More events on this day
- 1804 🔬 Scientist Richard Owen was born in 1804; he studied fossils, gave dinosaurs their name, and helped create London's Natural History Museum.
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- 1919 🧭 New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary was born in 1919; in 1953 he and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to stand on top of Mount Everest. Mount Everest →
🧠 Question of the day
Who first stepped onto the Moon?
- Neil Armstrong
- The Wright brothers
- Yuri Gagarin
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Answer: Neil Armstrong
Questions
What happened on July 20?
July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 lands on the Moon. It happened in Kennedy Space Center (launch site).
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11