KABUL: Fifty-six years ago, on July 20, 1969, for the first time, a human stepped onto the moon. American astronaut Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first humans to travel to the moon as part of the Apollo mission. After several hours, their spacecraft landed on the lunar surface, making Armstrong the first person to set foot on the moon. Neil Armstrong was a member of the U.S. Navy and had a special passion for space missions, which is why he was chosen for the Apollo mission. Edwin Aldrin served in the U.S. Air Force and had extensive experience in space flights, making him the pilot responsible for the first human mission to the moon. Although Aldrin was in charge of the mission, when their Apollo spacecraft reached the moon, he received a message from NASA: “First pilot!… First pilot….” However, Aldrin felt anxious and scared, unable to step out of the spacecraft for fear of getting stuck in the moon’s surface or burning up. In the meantime, another message from NASA came through: “Assistant pilot! Assistant pilot!” Armstrong exited the Apollo and took steps on the moon, thus marking himself in history as the first human to walk on the lunar surface. Upon landing, he famously stated that he was taking “a small step for [a] man, a giant leap for mankind,” describing the lunar surface as “very fine and powdery,” resembling dust up close. On July 20, 1969, as Armstrong stepped onto the moon, hundreds of millions of people around the world watched the historic event unfold on their television screens.
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