历史今天:1969年阿波罗登月

"That's one small step for a man, and one giant leap for mankind."

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.

The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon by the end of the 1960s, which he had expressed during a speech given before a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

阿波罗11的任务是第一次载人飞行登月任务。这是第五次阿波罗载人航天计划，也是第三人类的探月旅行。1969年7月16日，奥尔登特派团指挥官尼尔·阿姆斯特朗，航空舱试验官迈克尔·柯林斯和登月舱驾驶员埃德温·尤金·奥尔德林共同启程飞向月球。7月20日，阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林成为登陆月球第一人，而柯林斯并没有走出登月舱。

此次登月任务完成了约翰肯尼迪总统在1961年5月25日美国国会联合会议上提出的目标--在20世纪60年代末到达月球。他在会议上指出：“我相信我们的国家应该能够实现这个目标，在这十年结束之前，人类能够登月成功并能够安全返回。 ”