That same year, then President John F.Kennedy vowed in a speech before the U.S.Congress to put a man on the moon.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

It carried the man who became the first human to step on the moon, Neil Armstrong, a former X-15 pilot.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

While scientists were studying the stars and moon to solve the longitude problem, a man named John Harrison was working on another project.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Lovell,along with Neil Armstrong, and the last man on the moon Eugene Cernan, recently sent a letter to President Barack Obama to express their opposition to his proposed budget for NASA.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

But earlier,Buzz Aldrin the second man to walk on the moon took part in a NASA news conference where he pushed for a new round of space exploration, with the goal of sending astronauts to Mars.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20