Why Is Apollo 11 Significant

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Neil Armstrong once said “ One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”. In my paper I am going to list three reasons why the Apollo 11 event was so significant. My three reasons are John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s dream, first trip to the moon that was accomplished, and changing the world.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy or John F. Kennedy had a dream, on May 25, 1961 John F. Kennedy proposed that the United States accelerate it's space program and set as a national goal a manned lunar landing and safe return by the end of the decade. Wow that is a huge honor. Some sad news was before the astronauts made it back to Earth he was shot in front of his wife.

In 1961, was the first launch to the moon and they made it to the moon in