Apollo 11 was the name of the first space shuttle to ever reach the moon. Apollo 11 left Cape Kennedy on July, 16, 1969. There were three crew members aboard Apollo 11, they were, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11 reached the moon in July, 24, 1969. Apollo 11 reached they reached the earth safely. Neil Armstrong was the Pilot of Apollo 11, he was in charge of the crew members with him and he was also in charge of reaching the moon in a certain time period. Michael Collins was a crew member aboard Apollo 11 to help with whatever Neil Armstrong needed. Buzz Aldrin has been also just another crew member aboard to help Neil with what he needed. But not everything went as planned after that. Eagle's computer experienced several tasks that messed up the mission for the time. Just after 4:00pm, Armstrong looked outside …show more content…
Kennedy made to an special joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out. Trying to land a man on the moon in the 60’s were a little tougher to do than it is today. It was tougher because they did not have all the technology as we today. Today in the modern day is easier to reach the moon, in the 60’s they didn't have GPS, and they also didn't have a good way to communicate with earths NASA stations. Today getting to the moon is nothing with all of the technology we have to help guide the space shuttle through outer space, and also identifying meteorites and also identifying comments. And also today we have a lot of technology that will help the astronauts to stay healthy in space, and keep them active in the space shuttle for a long period of time. If you stay in space for too long, you will eventually get sick of not being on earth, and that is why they give you exercise equipment and it also helps the astronauts relax and stay calm in