Fast Facts

Information:

1. Astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins
2. This was the first manned mission to successfully reach the moon.
3. The American flag that was planted on the moon by the astronauts was made by Sears.
4. Apollo 11 was launched at the same time of the Soviet's Sputnik.
5. President John F. Kennedy was more interested in the Space Race than he was of what the astronauts would find in space.
6. When Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins returned back to Earth, they were placed in quarantine because scientists were inconclusive about space germs entering Earth.

Significance:

1. Apollo 11 was the first mission to successfully place men on the moon.
2. Neil Armstrong marked the occasion with his famous quote: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."