Sixties The Space Race

Driven by technological competition with the Soviet Union who had put a man in space in 1961 (Yuri Gagarin)     Scientific advances in the United States through the sixties culminated in July 1969 with Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.

The Apollo 11 mission had blasted off from Cape Kennedy at 9.37a.m local time on July 16 on board were mission commander Neil Armstrong, pilot Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, Michael Collins and the lesser known fourth astronaut 

The first words officially spoken from the surface of the moon is said to be Neil Armstrong saying 'Houston. Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed (Eagle was the name given to the command module) Although conspiracy rumours still abound that a tired and emotional  had already seized control of the intercom as the Apollo 11 touched down and announced to the waiting world... 'I'm wearing two belts'