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.
We stand here in the dusk, the cold, the silence, and here, as at the first of time, we lift our heads.. (From his poem Voyage To The Moon) Archibald MacLeish. At 10:56 P.M. EDT, Sunday, July 20. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, spacecraft commander of Apollo 11. set foot on the moon.ldrin went in first and Armstrong transferred up to him the lunar samples and the film packs. At 1:09 A.M. EOT, Armstrong climbed the ladder and went through the hatch. Two minutes later, the hatch was secured. Armstrong had walked on the moon for 2 hours, 31 minutes and 37 seconds; Aldrin roughly 40 minutes less.