did America really land on moon first?

Answer 1

Yes. If the Russians had managed to do it first, they would have rubbed it in America's face like they did Sputnick. But in reality they never even got a space craft to the moon, let alone land men on it.

Answer 2

It can depend on the specific category you are imposing . The Apollo missions did indeed land the first man on the moon , Neil Armstrong in the year 1969. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin was also an occupant in the first moon landing mission- Apollo 11. Since then there have been six more Apollo missions concluding with the Apollo 17 mission. Nobody has been on the moon since the Apollo 17.

In the terms of man-made rovers and research missions to the moon it was Russia who were the first ones. In 1959, the Luna 2 mission successfully impacted upon the lunar surface, becoming the first man-made object to reach the Moon. Luna 3 rounded the Moon later that year, and returned the first photographs of its far side, which can never be seen from Earth.
Luna 1 missed its intended impact with the Moon and became the first spacecraft to fall into orbit around the Sun.

Answer 3

"On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body.
Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds of fuel remaining), Neil A. Armstrong took the “Small Step” into our greater future when he stepped off the Lunar Module, named “Eagle,” onto the surface of the Moon, from which he could look up and see Earth in the heavens as no one had done before him.

He was shortly joined by “Buzz” Aldrin, and the two astronauts spent 21 hours on the lunar surface and returned 46 pounds of lunar rocks. After their historic walks on the Moon, they successfully docked with the Command Module “Columbia,” in which Michael Collins was patiently orbiting the cold but no longer lifeless Moon."

To date, the Apollo missions 11-17 were the only attempts at a manned lunar landing; all but Apollo 13 succeeded. Several other countries have talked about trying it; so far none are beyond the "talk" stage. They will still be there when the United States returns to the moon in 2018.

Answer 4

Yes, indeed -- first on July 20, 1969, and then five times since. The first mission was Apollo 11, and the others were Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17. Apollo 13 developed problems on its way to the moon when a fuel cell (?) exploded, and didn't land.

Answer 5

No
The first successful soft landing on the moon was the unmanned russian probe Luna 9 on Feb, 3 1966.

Answer 6

America couldn't have landed on moon but Americans Could have .

Answer 7

The former soviet union hit the moon with an unmanned spacecraft before the U.S. This, of course, scared the sh1t out of the Americans so they began the Apollo program and after several debacles in both the U.S. and the soviet union the Americans got humans there first.
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Answer 8

First, last and only. No other nation has ever landed people on the Moon.

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

Yes!