Let's roll the time machine back four decades. It was 41-years-ago that Neil Armstrong made that little jump off the ladder from the lunar lander: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Forty-one-years ago at 10:56 pm EST, on July 20, with 600 million people watching live, Apollo Neil Armstrong left the lunar lander, to being the first man to walk on the moon. The Original plan for Armstrong to make his first steps a few hours later on July 21, 1969, but Commander Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin couldn't sleep so they decided to do it earlier.
Forty-one-years ago at 10:56 pm EST, on July 20, with 600 million people watching live, Apollo Neil Armstrong left the lunar lander, to being the first man to walk on the moon. The Original plan for Armstrong to make his first steps a few hours later on July 21, 1969, but Commander Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin couldn't sleep so they decided to do it earlier.
They left behind three cameras, some scientific instruments, two U.S. flags, and specially design moon boots which left behind a footprint that is still believe to be there since there is no weather to wash it away. But in 2009, NASA announced that they believe it is frozen water at the bottom of the craters.
Amazing!
41 years ago, how can that be? It seems like yesterday.
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Wow, it really does seem like yesterday, Actually I still remember making a notation in my daughters baby book about the event.....
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