Which country was the first to land a man on the moon?
The USA landed two men on the moon on July 20, 1969. There were 5 more missions to land on the moon following that day. The US remains the only country in the world to have landed a man on the moon. Historians speculate that the Soviet Union had plans to land a man on the moon during the Cold War, but never made the plans public due to fear of failure. They couldn’t get their moon worthy launch vehicle to work well enough so the project was scrapped in lue of the Lunahod program that landed remote control rovers on the moon. China has said they want to land on the moon by 2020, and the US has made plans to return by then. The current US program in place could be ready by 2017. Answer originally posted in response to Which country was the first to land a man on the moon?
