Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Footprints on Another World
Explanation:
On July 20th, 1969 [ http://www.hq.nasa.…introduction.htm ], humans first set foot on the Moon [ http://seds.lpl.ari…luna.html ]. Taken from a window of their Apollo 11 lunar module, the Eagle, this picture shows the footprints in the powdery lunar soil [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] made by astronauts Neil Armstrong [ http://www.hq.nasa.…kippsphotos/5528.jpg ] and Buzz Aldrin [ http://www.hq.nasa.…kippsphotos/5390.jpg ]. It has been estimated that one billion people on planet Earth watched [ http://guinan.gsfc.…historical.html ] Armstrong step from the lander onto the surface of another world [ http://www.hq.nasa.…], making this live transmission one of the highest rated television shows ever. In the foreground at right, a rocket nozzle on the side of the Eagle is seen in silhouette, while beyond an unfurled United States [ http://aesp.nasa.ok…] flag is the television camera, remounted on a stand to better view the landing area. The Apollo missions [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] to the Moon have been described as the result of the greatest technological mobilization in history [ http://www.hq.nasa.…].
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 11 [ http://www.ksc.nasa…apollo-11.html ], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
moon
keyword:
tv
keyword:
apollo 11
facet_who:
Buzz Aldrin
facet_who:
Neil A. Armstrong
facet_when:
July 20th, 1969
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_where:
United States of America
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Apollo 11
facet_when_year:
1969
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap020720

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