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Images by Neil A. Armstrong of Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) from July 20th, 1969
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One Small Step
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One Small Step |
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On July 20th, 1969, a human first set foot on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950903.html ]. Pictured above is the first lunar footprint. The footprint and distinction of the first person to walk on the Moon [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/luna.html ] belong to Neil Armstrong. It has been estimated that one billion people world-wide watched Armstrong's first step - making the live transmission from a camera mounted on the lunar lander the highest rated television show ever. Upon setting foot on the moon, Armstrong said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." [ gopher://www.ksc.nasa.gov:70/ss/history/apollo/ apollo-11/sounds/A01106AA ] The Apollo missions [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo.html ] to the Moon [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS11/Apollo11_fact.html ] have been described as the result of the greatest technological mobilization the world has known. |
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Footprints on Another World
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Footprints on Another World |
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On July 20th, 1969 [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/ introduction.htm ], humans first set foot on the Moon [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/ 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.nasa.gov/apod/ap011110.html ] made by astronauts Neil Armstrong [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/ kippsphotos/5528.jpg ] and Buzz Aldrin [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/ kippsphotos/5390.jpg ]. It has been estimated that one billion people on planet Earth watched [ http://guinan.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/videos/ historical.html ] Armstrong step from the lander onto the surface of another world [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ ], 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.okstate.edu/fieldguide/ ] flag is the television camera, remounted on a stand to better view the landing area. The Apollo missions [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo.html ] to the Moon have been described as the result of the greatest technological mobilization in history [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ ]. |
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One Small Step
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One Small Step |
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On July 20th, 1969, a human first set foot [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980519.html ] on the Moon [ http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/luna.html ]. Pictured above is the first lunar footprint. The footprint and distinction of the first person to walk on the Moon belong to Neil Armstrong [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS11/10075179.htm ]. It has been estimated that one billion people world-wide watched Armstrong's first step - making the live transmission from a camera mounted on the lunar lander [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/LMordered.html ] one of the highest rated television shows ever. Upon setting foot on the moon, Armstrong said: "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." The Apollo missions [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ ] to the Moon [ http://www.hawastsoc.org/solar/eng/moon.htm ] have been described as the result of the greatest technological mobilization the world has known. |
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