Thesis Statement
Apollo 11 was a milestone in history. It was the first ever time a man walked on the moon. This mission couldn't have been done if it wasn't for Apollo 10. Apollo 10 just orbited the moon, it didn't land on the moon. but the information we got from Apollo 10, made NASA realize they could pull a lunar landing off before the Soviet Union. America was in big competition with the Soviet Union to put a man on the moon first. Soviet Union has made many desperate attempts to beat America In the space race. The Soviet Union has had moon crash landings, and even soft moon landings, but they where all unmanned. America has done the same, but started preparation for a moon landing earlier, and with a bigger fund. The reason why America did the Apollo missions, is because the Soviet Union was winning in the space race. They launched the first rocket into space, manned rocket, and started a space program before America. America knew they had to make a huge step over them, and land on the moon. If it wasn't for the Cold War and Space Race, NASA or Apollo 11 would have not happened.