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Today July 20th is:
Moon Day
The first man to walk on the moon was American astronaut Neil Armstrong. On July 20, 1969, he and his fellow astronaut, Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, left the command module Columbia and landed the lunar module Eagle
on the moon’s Sea of Tranquillity. Armstrong’s first words as he
stepped out on the lunar surface were seen and heard by an estimated
600 million television viewers around the world: “That’s one small Ste.
for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael Collins, pilot of the Columbia,
continued to circle the moon for the 21½ hours during which Armstrong
and Aldrin conducted their experiments. The information they collected
about the moon’s soil, terrain, and atmospheric conditions made an
enormous contribution to knowledge of the universe and future space
exploration. The Apollo 11 mission was completed eight years after
President John F. Kennedy told Congress he believed that the United
States could put a man on the moon before the decade ended. From Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary |
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