Man Lands And Walks On The Moon And Is Watched on Television Throughout The World

First Man On The Moon These Events Effected Each and Every Man and Woman who lived during them

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• First Man on The Moon 1960's

  First Man walks on the moon : In 1969 America lands man on the Moon and Neil Armstrong has become the first man to walk on the Moon.
  Famous words during Moon Walk : As he put his left foot down first Armstrong declared:
  "That's one small step for man but one giant leap for mankind."
  The Space Race up till then :
  

  Russians

  
  1957:
  Sputnik satellite blasts into space
  Russians launch dog into space
  1958:
  Monkey lost after space flight
  1959:
  Monkeys survive space mission
  Soviets launch rocket at the Moon
  World glimpses far side of the Moon
  Radio telescope makes space history
  1961:
  Chimp returns safely after space flight
  Soviets declare a win in the space race
  Russian cosmonaut spends day in space
  1963:
  Soviets launch first woman into space
  1966:
  Soviets land probe on Moon
  1967:
  Russian cosmonaut dies in space crash
  Soviets glimpse beneath clouds of Venus
  
  
  

  United States

  1961
  Shepard becomes first US astronaut
  Kennedy pledges man on Moon
  1962:
  American spaceman rounds the world
  First US rocket lands on Moon
  1965:
  Millions watch space probe crash into Moon
  Gemini V returns to Earth
  1966:
  First US space probe lands on Moon
  1967:
  Three astronauts die in Apollo 1 tragedy
  US probe flies by hot and windy Venus
  1968:
  First astronauts orbit Moon
  1969:
  Apollo 10 gets bird's eye view of Moon
  Apollo 11 takes off for the Moon
  Second Apollo mission lands on Moon and Neil Armstrong makes Famous quote "That's one small step for man but one giant leap for mankind."
  
  Where are we now on space exploration : The Moon landing marked the pinnacle of the space race and American investment in the space programme declined . A further 10 astronauts travelled to the moon in another six missions with the final manned lunar landing, Apollo 17, completed in December 1972. since that time man is continuing to explore Space but the missions have not captured the publics imagination in the same way.
  
  1971: American probe orbits Mars
  1972: Last Moon mission returns
  1976: Pictures of Mars from Viking ship
  1979: Skylab tumbles back to Earth
  1980: Saturn's rings caught on film
  1986: Soviets launch space station Mir
  1988: Shuttle blasts US back into space
  1989: Voyager spacecraft reaches Neptune
  1990: Hubble telescope takes off for space
  1990: Magellan starts mapping Venus
  1995: US shuttle docks with Russian space station
  1997: Mars buggy starts exploring Red Planet
  2001: First space tourist blasts off
  2003: Columbia shuttle disintegrates killing seven
  2003: China sends first man into space
  2004: Nasa rover looks for water on Mars
  Above are some of the main achievements in the last 40 years, it is difficult to pinpoint any one as more important than any other but if I had to , I would choose the co-operation between the Soviets and the Americans as providing the most noticeable hope for us, the politicians may be coming to the realisation that the exploration of space needs the brains and commitment of us all to proceed and we can learn from each other.