The first manned mission to the moon was Apollo 8 which launched on December 21, 1968. It entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve and returned to earth after completing 10 revolutions of the moon.
Apollo 11 was the first mission to land a man on the Moon.
The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon.
Apollo 8was the first manned craft to fly to the moon, but the first man made craft to land on the moon was Lunar 2.
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The first man on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. He was sent to the Moon because the Russians had already sent a man into space and America wanted to beat them so they sent a manned mission to the Moon.
Neil Armstrong was part of the Apollo 8 Mission into space. This mission sent 2 people on the moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren. Neil Amrstrong was the first American on the moon. In fact, he was also the first man on the moon.
NASA wanted an American to be the first man on the moon
The two pilgrims in the poem "First Man on the Moon" are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the astronauts who were part of the Apollo 11 mission and made history by becoming the first humans to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969.
Yes. Apollo 11 was the first mission to land a man on the moon.
The first mission to the moon was Apollo 8 , it was the test of the mighty Saturn 5 rocket, and to see if man could orbit the moon , and then return to earth. Or whether it would go on traveling past the moon.
July 20 1969 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon.