{"id":61973,"date":"2019-07-20T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-339261"},"modified":"2024-06-13T14:18:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T18:18:28","slug":"july-20-1969-one-giant-leap-for-mankind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/july-20-1969-one-giant-leap-for-mankind\/","title":{"rendered":"July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">4 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apollo 11 Moonwalk Montage\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hxPbnFc7iU8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>July 1969. It\u2019s a little over eight years since the flights of Gagarin and Shepard, followed quickly by President Kennedy\u2019s challenge to put a man on the moon before the decade is out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is only seven months since NASA\u2019s made a bold decision to send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/apollo-8\/\" data-type=\"mission\" data-id=\"248407\">Apollo 8<\/a> all the way to the moon on the first manned flight of the massive Saturn V rocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, on the morning of July 16,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/apollo-11\/\" data-type=\"mission\" data-id=\"205939\">Apollo 11<\/a> astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/former-astronauts\/former-astronaut-neil-a-armstrong\/\" data-type=\"people\" data-id=\"37999\">Neil Armstrong<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-edwin-buzz-aldrin\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"257514\">Buzz Aldrin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-michael-collins\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"258581\">Michael Collins<\/a> sit atop another Saturn V at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The three-stage 363-foot rocket will use its 7.5 million pounds of thrust to propel them into space and into history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 9:32 a.m. EDT, the engines fire and Apollo 11 clears the tower. About 12 minutes later, the crew is in Earth orbit. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/static\/history\/afj\/ap11fj\/audio\/a11_0000000.mp3\">\u203a\u00a0Play Audio<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After one and a half orbits, Apollo 11 gets a \u201cgo\u201d for what mission controllers call \u201cTranslunar Injection\u201d \u2013 in other words, it\u2019s time to head for the moon. Three days later the crew is in lunar orbit. A day after that, Armstrong and Aldrin climb into the lunar module <i>Eagle<\/i> and begin the descent, while Collins orbits in the command module <i>Columbia<\/i>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62297main_neil_on_moon_full.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62297main_neil_on_moon_full.jpg?w=668\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62297main_neil_on_moon_full.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62297main_neil_on_moon_full.jpg?resize=300,185 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62297main_neil_on_moon_full.jpg?resize=400,247 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62297main_neil_on_moon_full.jpg?resize=600,370 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong working at an equipment storage area on the lunar module. This is one of the few photos that show Armstrong during the moonwalk. Click image to enlarge.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Collins later writes that <i>Eagle<\/i> is \u201cthe weirdest looking contraption I have ever seen in the sky,\u201d but it will prove its worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes time to set <i>Eagle<\/i> down in the Sea of Tranquility, Armstrong improvises, manually piloting the ship past an area littered with boulders. During the final seconds of descent, <i>Eagle\u2019s<\/i> computer is sounding alarms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It turns out to be a simple case of the computer trying to do too many things at once, but as Aldrin will later point out, \u201cunfortunately it came up when we did not want to be trying to solve these particular problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62295main_liftoff_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62295main_liftoff_full.jpg?w=729\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62295main_liftoff_full.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62295main_liftoff_full.jpg?resize=219,300 219w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62295main_liftoff_full.jpg?resize=292,400 292w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62295main_liftoff_full.jpg?resize=437,600 437w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62295main_liftoff_full.jpg?resize=656,900 656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Smoke and flames signal the opening of a historic journey as the Saturn V clears the launch pad. Click image to enlarge.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>When the lunar module lands at 4:17 p.m EDT, only 30 seconds of fuel remain. Armstrong radios \u201cHouston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.\u201d Mission control erupts in celebration as the tension breaks, and a controller tells the crew \u201cYou got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we\u2019re breathing again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armstrong will later confirm that landing was his biggest concern, saying \u201cthe unknowns were rampant,\u201d and \u201cthere were just a thousand things to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 10:56 p.m. EDT Armstrong is ready to plant the first human foot on another world. With more than half a billion people watching on television, he climbs down the ladder and proclaims: \u201cThat\u2019s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apollo 11 Moonwalk Part 1 of 4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XL_SrBMBRCc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aldrin joins him shortly, and offers a simple but powerful description of the lunar surface: \u201cmagnificent desolation.\u201d They explore the surface for two and a half hours, collecting samples and taking photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62288main_aldrin_ladder_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62288main_aldrin_ladder_full.jpg?w=1200\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62288main_aldrin_ladder_full.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62288main_aldrin_ladder_full.jpg?resize=235,300 235w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62288main_aldrin_ladder_full.jpg?resize=768,979 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62288main_aldrin_ladder_full.jpg?resize=804,1024 804w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62288main_aldrin_ladder_full.jpg?resize=314,400 314w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62288main_aldrin_ladder_full.jpg?resize=471,600 471w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62288main_aldrin_ladder_full.jpg?resize=706,900 706w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62288main_aldrin_ladder_full.jpg?resize=942,1200 942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Buzz Aldrin climbs down the Eagle’s ladder to the surface. Click image to enlarge.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>They leave behind an American flag, a patch honoring the fallen Apollo 1 crew, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/62298main_plaque_link.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"> plaque<\/a> on one of <i>Eagle\u2019s<\/i> legs. It reads, \u201cHere men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon. July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armstrong and Aldrin blast off and dock with Collins in <i>Columbia<\/i>. Collins later says that \u201cfor the first time,\u201d he \u201creally felt that we were going to carry this thing off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew splashes down off Hawaii on July 24. Kennedy\u2019s challenge has been met. Men from Earth have walked on the moon and returned safely home.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62291main_crater_orbit_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62291main_crater_orbit_full.jpg?w=750\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62291main_crater_orbit_full.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62291main_crater_orbit_full.jpg?resize=291,300 291w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62291main_crater_orbit_full.jpg?resize=388,400 388w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62291main_crater_orbit_full.jpg?resize=581,600 581w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Crater 308 stands out in sharp relief in this photo from lunar orbit. Click image to enlarge.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In an interview years later, Armstrong praises the \u201chundreds of thousands\u201d of people behind the project. \u201cEvery guy that\u2019s setting up the tests, cranking the torque wrench, and so on, is saying, man or woman, \u2018If anything goes wrong here, it\u2019s not going to be my fault.’\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/62281main_armstrong_oralhistory.pdf?emrc=2aa2f7\">\u203a Read 2001 Interview, 172 Kb PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post-flight press conference, Armstrong calls the flight \u201ca beginning of a new age,\u201d while Collins talks about future journeys to Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next three and a half years, 10 astronauts will follow in their footsteps. Gene Cernan, commander of the last Apollo mission leaves the lunar surface with these words: \u201cWe leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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