First moon landing still amazes the world today, a powerful example of American exceptionalism
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Man first stepped first on the moon with the historic NASA Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. The incredible feat of human exploration still amazes the world today.
Michael Collins piloted the command module orbiting the moon for the return to Earth. "The jacket that Buzz Aldrin wore to the moon netted an astronomic $2.8 million at auction in July 2022." "An estimated 650 million people watched the moon landing — nearly 20 percent of the entire human population at the time." Armstrong and Cernan, the first and last men to step on the moon, both went to Purdue University. Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
It is arguably the most daring and successful achievement in the history of human exploration.
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