Some Of The Greatest Historical Pictures Ever

Back to Earth

When the Apollo 11 team went to space, it was expected that they would make it back to earth, and they did. They became national heroes as they were the first people to walk on the moon. Their mission happened in the middle of the Cold War and was meant to show everyone that the United States was the world’s leading power.

The photo shows the lead astronaut and commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong – the first person to walk on the moon – celebrating his 39^th birthday. Neil, along with the crew reception area of the Manned Spacecraft Center’s Lunar Receiving Laboratory cut cake to honor the astronaut’s big day.