operation+moon+base


 * //OPERATION MOON BASE



A Russian named Yuri Gargarin was the first man to go out in space but did not pilot the spacecraft. As a reply, the U.S.//** **//sent Alan Shephard in to space. He actually piloted the spacecraft he was in, that put the U.S. ahead of Russia (the Soviet Union a.k.a. U.S.S.R.). In 1969, the U.S. sent Neil Armstrong to the moon. His famous quote when he, the first human who stepped on the moon, was, " That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind..."Today we, the U.S., are trying to travel to Mars.//**