A World in Pictures

On July 20, 1969 we Americans did something that was only dreamed about- we put a man on the moon. 

During the Cold War era tensions ran high with communist Russia and caused great competitiveness in the space race. America was quickly falling behind as the Russians were the first to put a satellite in orbit, put an animal in space, and the fist man made object to orbit the sun and one orbit the moon. Around every turn we were losing ground. But on July 20, 1969 we did the unthinkable and put a person on the moon. Americans at home felt a sense of pride and amazement that something so impossible was accomplished first by us. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin must have felt a sense of accomplishment as they were the first men to step on the moon and proudly place an American flag where they landed.