12. The Moon Landing
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon and it was America that accomplished this goal before anyone else! On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was launched toward the moon from Kennedy Space Center. It took a few days for them to finally land on the moon and on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their first steps on the surface of the moon. Since television was finally more accessible, more than 600 million people around the globe turned on their sets to watch the landing take place.