On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon. The Moon is thought to have been created when the Earth was just 50 million years old. A body the size of Mars struck the young, molten Earth, causing material to spew from the planet. This material
Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.
The Eagle has landed. Those four words were uttered as a watershed moment for humankind occurred. All the promises that the late John F. Kennedy had put forth nearly a decade before had been kept: the United States had put a man on the moon. This moment wasn’t just a triumph in the long