Who became the first person to step onto the Moon during Apollo 11?

Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon during Apollo 11.

Armstrong climbed down from the lunar module Eagle on 21 July 1969 UTC, during the first crewed lunar landing. He was followed by Buzz Aldrin, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard the command module Columbia. Armstrong and Aldrin spent about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft on the lunar surface.

Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 16 July 1969. The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing astronauts on the Moon and returning them safely to Earth before the end of the 1960s.

Because of time zones, the moonwalk occurred on 20 July in the United States but on 21 July UTC. Armstrong’s first step and his description of it became among the most famous moments in spaceflight history.