American astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon.on july 21,1696,he climbed down from Eagle,the landing crafts of Apollo 11,and walked on the surface of the moon.Moments later,his colleague Edwin Aldrinn followed.Michael Collins,the third astronuat, controlled the mother ship during this spectacular event.All over the world,peaole followed this mission intently on television --the USA was now the winner of the space race.The successful Apollo11 mission was preceded by many unsuccesful attempts. There were major setbacks too. in1962,for instance, a huge fire broke out in the Apollo1 capsule while it was still on the launching ramp.All the astronauts inside died in this fire.
when Neil Armstrong and Edwid E.Aldrin first set foot upo their home country,USA.
