Publicly they acclaimed the US for doing so. What they thought privately is possibly different.
The first recorded landing of Europeans in South America was in 1498. During the third expedition of Columbus to the New World, he landed in South America.
Duma
in the 1600's
Balboa
The first landing was July 20, 1969. There was another landing that same year and 4 more landings over the years 1970-1972.
The first manned lunar landing was in July of 1969.
America was competing against the Soviet Union in the moon landing race during the Space Race era of the 1960s. The Soviet Union had launched the first human-made satellite ("Sputnik") and sent the first human (Yuri Gagarin) into space, sparking the competition that culminated in the moon landing in 1969.
First Landing was created in 2002.
the first lunar landing
Because Columbus landing started the colonization of the Americas.
The first landing by man on the moon, was made at the Tranquility Base.
Neil Armstrong