Where did humans first land on the moon?
What month is the Human Moon Day? "Human Moon Day" is on July 20 every year, a festival established to commemorate the success of the first human landing on the moon.
On July 20, 1969, the American "Apollo" 11 spacecraft safely landed on the moon. A few hours later, astronaut Armstrong landed on the moon and left the first human footprints on the moon.
Humans landed on the moon for the first time. The exact landing time was 4:17:43 pm on July 20, 1969 (Houston time). The number of human landings on the moon included five successful landings and one failure.
China's moon landing program: Chang'e-1
Chang'e-1 is the first lunar probe independently developed and launched by China. The Chinese lunar exploration project Chang'e-1 lunar exploration satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology and named after the ancient Chinese mythological figure "Chang'e". Chang'e-1 is mainly used to obtain three-dimensional images of the lunar surface, analyze the distribution characteristics of relevant material elements on the lunar surface, detect the thickness of lunar soil, and explore the space environment of the earth and the moon. Chang'e-1 was launched by the "Long March 3A" carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on October 24, 2007. The successful launch of Chang'e-1 made China the fifth country in the world to launch a lunar probe.
Memorabilia of the moon landing
October 4, 1957: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik I (Sputnik 1), becoming the first country to go into space. The Soviet Union's success stunned the West and triggered a Cold War space race with the United States.
January 2, 1959: Luna-1 lifts off successfully from the Baikonur launch site in the Soviet Union and immediately leaves Earth's orbit. This makes it the first spacecraft to be successfully launched to escape Earth's attractive force field. On January 4, 1959, Luna-1 passed by the moon from 5,995 kilometers away. Luna-1's ultimate fate was to become the first man-made planet, which will forever orbit the sun with a period of 450 days.
September 12, 1959: Luna 2 is launched. September 14 - The Soviet Luna 2 probe becomes the first spacecraft to land on the moon. Three weeks later, another unmanned spacecraft, Luna 3, sends back the first photograph of the moon.
May 25, 1961: President Kennedy calls on Congress to support a manned mission to the moon "by the end of the decade."
February 20, 1962: Greene becomes the first American to orbit the earth.
July 31, 1964: Ranger 7 becomes the first American spacecraft to land on the moon, sending back photos of the lunar surface before landing.
February 3, 1966: The Soviet Union's Luna 9 makes the first controlled soft landing on the moon, sending back photos of the lunar surface.
April-May 1966: Luna 10 makes its 460th flight into lunar orbit, playing the "Internationale" to the Communist Party Congress in Moscow.
June 2, 1966: Explorer 1 becomes the first American spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon.
September 18, 1968: Zond 5 orbits the moon and becomes the first spacecraft to successfully return to Earth, landing in the Indian Ocean.
December 21-27, 1968: Apollo 8 makes the first manned flight around the moon.
July 20, 1969: Armstrong becomes the first man to land on the moon, calling it "a giant leap for humanity."
April 11, 1970: The United States is forced to abort the Apollo 13 moon landing mission.
On July 31, 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 used the lunar rover.
December 14, 1972: Apollo 17 becomes the last manned spacecraft to leave the moon, and Gelman becomes the last person to leave a footprint on the moon.
