The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903 and Apollo 11 landed on the Moon in 1969, close enough together that a single person could have witnessed both within one lifetime

Only about 66 years separate the Wright brothers' 12-second first flight from the Apollo 11 Moon landing, well within one human lifetime. The span also held the jet engine, the sound barrier and Sputnik. Yet the Wrights themselves did not live to see the Moon. The post The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903 and Apollo 11 landed on the Moon in 1969, close enough together that a single person could have witnessed both within one lifetime appeared first on Space Daily .