The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11: There and Back AgainOn July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong uttered the now famous line, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind," when he became the first person to set foot on the moon. It fulfilled the almost as famous "We choose to go to the moon" line delivered by
President John F. Kennedy to a crowd at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 12, 1962.
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The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11: There and Back Again