Pilgrim L-9

Pilgrim L-9 (July 1967) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Wally Sawyer and pilot Frank Boone landed the Pilgrim Lunar Lander on July 21, 1967, and Boone became the first person to step on the Moon's surface hours later. Sawyer joined him a few minutes afterwards. Boone's first step and speech on the lunar surface was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide audience. Pilgrim L-9 effectively proved US victory in the Space Race to demonstrate spaceflight superiority, by fulfilling a national goal proposed in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
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Category:Moon
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