How did moon landing start?

The quest for landing on the moon began with the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1960s. President John F. Kennedy officially announced the goal of landing a man on the moon and bringing him back safely to Earth in 1961. This led to the establishment of the Apollo program by NASA, which culminated in the historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon.