 one giant leap for mankind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apollo 11 effectively ended the Space Race and fulfilled a national goal proposed in 1961 by the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy in a speech before the United States Congress:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[...] before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Technical details &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mission crew&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PositionAstronaut&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CommanderNeil A