American Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk in the moon. The astronaut stepped onto the moon's surface, in the Sea of Tranquility, at 0256 GMT, Nearly 20 minutes after first opening the hatch on the Eagle landing craft.Armstrong had earlier reported the lunar module's safe landing at 2017GMT with the words "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." as he put his left foot down first Armstrong declared 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. He described the surface as being like powdered charcoal and the landing craft left a small indentation on the surface.

The historic moments were captured on television cameras installed on the Eagle and turned on by Armstrong. Armstrong pent his first few minutes o the Moon taking photographs and soil samples in case the mission had to be aborted suddenly.

He was joined by colleague Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin at 0315 GMT and the two collected data anf performed various exercises- Including jumping across the landscape- before planting the Stars and Stripes flag at 0341 GMT. They also unveiled a plaque bearing president Nixon's signature and al inscription reading "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1967 AD. We came in peace for all mankind"

Subsequent missions brought more advanced equipment and this gives the opportunity to model a number of these missions.