Thursday, July 20, 2006

A real accomplishment


I saw this at age 9 on TV. Our parents woke us up in the middle of the night to see this historic moment.

More pix can be found at the NASA site but here's this caption:

(20 JULY 1969) --- Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, descends the ladder of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) prior to making the first step by man on another celestial body. This view is a black and white reproduction taken from a telecast by the Apollo 11 lunar surface camera during Extravehicular Activity (EVA). The black bar running through the center of the picture is an anamoly in the television ground data system at the Goldstone Tracking Station.

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