1 00:00:00,567 --> 00:00:03,937 ON JULY 16TH 1969, ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG, 2 00:00:03,937 --> 00:00:06,439 EDWIN ALDRIN AND MICHEL COLLINS BOARDED THE APOLLO 3 00:00:06,439 --> 00:00:08,441 ELEVEN COMMAND MODULE AND LAUNCHED FROM CAPE 4 00:00:08,441 --> 00:00:10,577 CANIVERAL, FLORIDA ON A MISSION TO BE THE FIRST 5 00:00:10,577 --> 00:00:11,578 MEN TO LAND ON THE MOON. 6 00:00:12,312 --> 00:00:14,547 THEIR SUCCESSFUL LANDING ON JULY 20TH WAS WATCHED 7 00:00:14,547 --> 00:00:16,750 ON TELEVISION AROUND THE WORLD. 8 00:00:16,750 --> 00:00:18,752 ARMSTRONG'S FIRST WORDS AFTER SETTING FOOT ON THE 9 00:00:18,752 --> 00:00:20,754 MOON HAVE BECOME A PART OF HISTORY. 10 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:25,759 WHILE ON THE LUNAR SURFACE, 11 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:32,966 ARMSTRONG AND ALDRIN COLLECTED SAMPLES OF THE 12 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:34,968 MOON TO BE ANALYZED WHEN THEY RETURNED SAFELY TO 13 00:00:34,968 --> 00:00:36,069 EARTH. 14 00:00:36,069 --> 00:00:37,971 THEY SPENT A TOTAL OF TWENTY ONE HOURS ON THE 15 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:40,340 MOON BEFORE REJOINING COLLINS ORBITING OVERHEAD. 16 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:42,609 THEY RETURNED TO EARTH AS HEROES ON JULY 24TH 17 00:00:42,609 --> 00:00:44,778 FOREVER IMMORTALIZED BY THEIR ACTIONS. 18 00:00:45,311 --> 00:00:47,313 THE SUCESSFUL LUNAR LANDING WAS THE PINNICLE 19 00:00:47,313 --> 00:00:49,449 MOMENT OF THE SPACE RACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 20 00:00:49,449 --> 00:00:53,987 AND THE SOVIET UNION.