One Step For Mankind

Neil alden armstrong august 5 1930 august 25 2012 was an american astronaut and aeronautical engineer and the first person to walk on the moon he was also a naval aviator test pilot and university professor.

One step for mankind.

That s one small step for man one giant leap for mankind but after returning from space armstrong said that wasn t what he had planned to say. Words said when armstrong first stepped onto the moon 20 july 1969 one small step transcript of apollo 11 moon landing. A graduate of purdue university armstrong studied aeronautical engineering. Neil armstrong s most famous line that s one small step for man one giant leap for mankind uttered after becoming the first person to set foot on the moon contained one small.

A t 10 56 p m. Et on july 20 1969 the american astronaut neil armstrong put his left foot on the lunar surface and famously declared that s one small step for man one giant leap for. Neil armstrong that s one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind. That s one small step for man one giant leap for mankind.

In the actual sound recordings he apparently fails to say a before man and says. Without it man abstractly represents all of humanity just like mankind thus the quote is essentially that s one small step for mankind one giant leap for mankind listen to one. That s one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind. That s one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind.

With more than half a billion people watching on television he climbs down the ladder and proclaims.