Community of Stockton, AL added 3 new photos. In the 1970's The Stockton Five Arts Club hoped to develop a Crepe Myrtle Trail in Stockton by encouraging its club members, local businesses, and others to plant the colorful flowers.
Armstrong's first trip into space was aboard the Gemini 8. He was the command pilot of the space capsule and piloted the first successful docking of two vehicles in space. The mission was cut short, however, when the capsules began to roll. On December 23, 1968 Neil was offered the command of the Apollo 11. This would be the first manned landing on the Moon. This was an exciting time for the entire country. The United States was in a race with the Soviet Union to put the first man on the Moon.
The first person to go to the moon was the Apollo 8 crew, which  consisted of Frank Borman (Commander), Jim Lovell (Command Module  Pilot), and Wiliam Anders (Lunar Module P â¦ ilot). Since there was no  lunar module, Anders was tasked with taking photographs of the  moon. It was he who shot the famous Earthrise photo from lunar  orbit on Christmas Eve, 1968.    The first person to land on the moon was Neil Armstrong and Buzz  Aldrin of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. The first person to actually  walk on the moon was Armstrong, who set foot on the surface about 6  hours after the landing.