The Apollo program was a costly and labor intensive endeavor, involving an estimated 400,000 engineers, technicians, and scientists, and costing $24 billion (close to $100 billion in today’s dollars). The last men to walk on the moon, astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt of the Apollo 17 mission, left the lunar surface on December 14, 1972. There would be five more successful lunar landing missions, and one unplanned lunar swing-by, Apollo 13. on July 22 Apollo 11 began its journey home, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:51 p.m. READ MORE: 8 Little-Known Facts About the Moon LandingĪt 5:35 p.m., Armstrong and Aldrin successfully docked and rejoined Collins, and at 12:56 a.m. For 17 years he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator.
He was a Naval Officer, an aerospace engineer, a test pilot, and even a university professor. Among the items left on the surface of the moon was a plaque that read: “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon–July 1969 A.D–We came in peace for all mankind.” Many people remember Neil Armstrong as the first man to walk on the moon. the Eagle began its ascent back to the command module. The two men slept that night on the surface of the moon, and at 1:54 p.m.
on July 21, both astronauts were back in the lunar module and the hatch was closed. flag, ran a few simple scientific tests, and spoke with President Richard M. “Buzz” Aldrin joined him on the moon’s surface at 11:11 p.m., and together they took photographs of the terrain, planted a U.S. At 10:56 p.m., Armstrong spoke his famous quote, which he later contended was slightly garbled by his microphone and meant to be “that’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” He then planted his left foot on the gray, powdery surface, took a cautious step forward, and humanity had walked on the moon. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong made history as the first man to walk on the moon. As he made his way down the lunar module’s ladder, a television camera attached to the craft recorded his progress and beamed the signal back to Earth, where hundreds of millions watched in great anticipation. Watch Neil Armstrongs first steps on the moon. At 10:39 p.m., five hours ahead of the original schedule, Armstrong opened the hatch of the lunar module.
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