Who was the first person to set foot on the surface of the Moon?
- A.Michael Collins
- B.Edwin Buzz Aldrin
- C.Yuri Gagarin
- D.Neil Armstrong
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, Neil Armstrong. The American astronaut commanded the Apollo 11 mission and stepped out of the lunar module on 20 July 1969, becoming the first human being to walk on the Moon.
Option B, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, followed him out of the same module minutes later and was therefore the second person on the Moon, which is exactly the swap the paper setter is testing. Option A, Michael Collins, was the third member of Apollo 11, but he remained in the command module in lunar orbit and never landed. Option C, Yuri Gagarin, was the first human in space in 1961, a Soviet first that belongs to a different question and to a different country; he never travelled to the Moon. Remember the order for Apollo 11 as Armstrong, then Aldrin, with Collins in orbit.
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