Community of Stockton, AL added 3 new photos. In the 1970's The Stockton Five Arts Club hoped to develop a Crepe Myrtle Trail in Stockton by encouraging its club members, local businesses, and others to plant the colorful flowers.
Armstrong's first trip into space was aboard the Gemini 8. He was the command pilot of the space capsule and piloted the first successful docking of two vehicles in space. The mission was cut short, however, when the capsules began to roll. On December 23, 1968 Neil was offered the command of the Apollo 11. This would be the first manned landing on the Moon. This was an exciting time for the entire country. The United States was in a race with the Soviet Union to put the first man on the Moon.
This article is about the 1969 manned lunar mission. For other uses, see Apollo 11 (disambiguation). Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later.