July 20 he was not the first man in space however but that doesn’t matter right now. Why should you care about him? It’s a good chance that you weren't alive or were too young too remember when he landed. He opened up a whole new world too explore and thanks too him we beat russia too the moon.
Also this was important because now we have satellites which can broadcast your favorite tv show and take images of space. there are more people in space now than there was in 1969 and this is proven by all the picture of space. We know much more now about