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A small step for (a) man...

Posted on Quarta-feira, Abril 30, 2008 at 10:00PM by Registered CommenterLuís Antunes in | Comments Off

Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpgFrom  Commander Neil Amstrong, to Earth's Apollo 11 Mission Control :

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program and the third human voyage to the moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Amstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Egene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr.

On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.

At 2:56 UTC,  July 21, Armstrong made his descent to the Moon's surface and spoke his famous line:

"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind"

exactly six and a half hours after landing, Aldrin joined him, saying, "Beautiful. Beautiful. Magnificent desolation". Then for two-and-a-half hours, they took notes, photographed what they saw, and drilled cores samples (22 Kg). On July 24, the 3 astronauts returned home, planet Earth.  Simple as that!

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