Landing on the Moon

In the history of human civilization [সভ্যতা], landing on the moon is an epoch [যুগ] making achievement [সাফল্য]. Before landing on the moon, most of the people of the world thought that nobody could go to the moon. On July 16, 1969 Armstrong along with Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins departed for the moon in Apollo 11, the space craft which was used to reach the moon. On July 20, 1969, the Lunar Module, Eagle, landed on the moon, in a place called the ‘Sea of Tranquillity’. Commander Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. As he stepped off the ladder [মই] and put his foot on the moon’s surface, he said, ‘One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.’ Armstrong was joined on the moon by Buzz Aldrin, and together they spent two and a half hours on the moon’s surface. They performed [সম্পাদন] a number of experiments [পরীক্ষা] and collected rocks and soil to bring back to Earth. They left an American flag on the moon. This historic visit was broadcasted live on TV to the world, watched by approximately [প্রায়] 600 million people. The top part of the Lunar Module Eagle took them back to the Command Module Columbia, which had remained in orbit around the moon, piloted by Michael Collins, while they explored. These three astronauts [মহাকাশচারী] have become world famous heroes because of their great achievements. It proves that man can conquer [জয়] anything if he wishes and the impossible task of today would become possible tomorrow. History will always remember them. Their names are written with golden letters in the history of space technology.