1A soviet spacecraft was supposed to be launched to the moon in 1969, yet it blew up.
2Weeks later on July 16 1969, Apollo 11 was the first mission to be launched to the Moon.
3At the time, the computers responsible for Apollo’s control had slower processing power than the smartphones we use today.
4The US former president, Richard Nixon, had prepared a speech incase the
astronauts aboard on Apollo 11 do not arrive to the moon.
5 Neil Armstrong first one to set foot on the moon, but not the only one! Command module pilot Michael Collins and engineer Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. followed him.
6The first trip to the moon took 8 days and the astronauts remained on the surface to collect lunar material and conduct experiments for approximately two and a half hours.
7Nine Apollo missions to the moon took place between December 1968 and December 1972.
8John Young from Apollo 16 and Eugene Cerman from Apollo 17 did not land on the moon, but nevertheless reached it on their spacecraft.
9Until the present day, a total of 12 people went the moon.
10All the astronauts who went to the Moon are American…could you be a game changer?