United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election‚ held on Tuesday‚ November 5‚ 1968. Moon Shot On July 21‚ 1969‚ President Nixon spoke from the Oval Office to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin at the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon‚ Americans Neil Armstrong and Woodstock A village in New York state‚ where some 400‚000 young people assembled in 1969 for a rock music festival
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fell into orbit and became the first satellite to orbit the sun. May 25‚ 1961 president J.F.K thought of a new idea for NASA. To send a man to the moon. It started the agency’s Apollo program. The on July 20‚ 1969‚ when Neil Armstrong’s took the first leap off the Apollo 11. Ever since NASA’s founding in 1958‚ every president from has left his mark in the space program. NASA is a political arm of any administration. Lance Armstrong was the first man
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“That’s one small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” It was July 20 1969‚ the day that reshaped our nation and gave us unparalleled dreams for the future. The impact of the day goes far beyond our pride and nationalism; that day would change space exploration and technology forever. Just like a shooting star‚ that day would give us a glimpse of hope. A chance to see an event so breathtaking and defying‚ it would be man’s greatest accomplishment in the 20th century. As millions of people watched
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the world that we would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade. This prediction was considered bold to many people considering that the U.S. only put a man into space just a year earlier. Following JFK’s announcement‚ NASA introduced the Apollo missions. These government
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conspiracy theories aside‚ the 1969 moon landing (above) was a rousing success for the government space program known as NASA. After a decade-long space race‚ during which it seemed to all observers that the Soviets had the edge‚ the U.S. landed Apollo 11–carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin–at the Sea of Tranquility on July 20‚ 1969. Nixon was president‚ the Vietnam War and its opposition raged‚ and Leonid Brezhnev helmed a stagnant Soviet empire. On the great list of Cold War what-ifs‚ the
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is nobody to prove the moon landing was staged. As a result‚ the theories that accumulated after the moon landing cannot be possible because of the scientific evidence and the fact that there were multiple moon landings closely following the first Apollo mission which means we did possess the technology; therefore the U.S. government did not lie and the country did land the first man on the
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experiences into his career. He became accustomed to space missions‚ and even flew around the moon before actually thinking of even stepping on it. His education and experiences allowed him to be the best possible candidate for leadership in the Apollo 11 mission. His passion for his career also enabled him to succeed while obtaining joy for the achievements he contributed to mankind. The love of air and space took him beyond the hardships of war and success‚ and as a result‚ made him into the exceptional
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Compare and Contrast Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong were both explorers who captivated the world with their amazing explorations. Their paths shared many traits‚ though their discoveries were very different. While Armstrong was the first man on the moon on July 20‚ 1969‚ Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue about four hundred years earlier to find the “new world”. While both Columbus and Armstrong had amazing explorations‚ Columbus made a discovery that would start mankind on
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The 1960’s dealt with many instances of tragedy‚ but also brought about great technological and social advancements. The assassinations of Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and John F. Kennedy‚ the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ Civil Rights Movement‚ Cold War and the Vietnam War were all pivotal moments that contributed to define a tumultuous decade preceding Neil Armstrong’s walk on the Moon in 1969. The success of sending two men to walk across the land of another celestial body was more than a large scale science
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“One small step for [a] man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” As Neil Armstrong uttered these words‚ he was leaving humanity’s first imprint on space exploration. An estimated 530 million people watched Armstrong’s televised image and heard his voice describe the event as he took "...one small step for a man‚ one giant leap for mankind" on July 20‚ 1969 (Loff‚ Sarah). Countries all over the world had raced to be the first to send a human to the moon. The United States of America set its goal in sight
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