(July 20) Today we're celebrating . . . Moon Day
Moon Day
Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed
Celebrating the first human landing on the moon by the crew of Apollo 11.
Led by commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin and command module pilot Michael Collins, Apollo 11 blasted off from Earth on July 16, 1969. Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon on July 20, while Collins circled above in lunar orbit. On the following day, July 21, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon. Buzz Aldrin followed shortly becoming the 2nd human to walk on the moon.
The video above features President John F. Kennedy making his historic call for American spaceflight followed by Neil Armstrong’s first walk on the moon.
July 20th, 2007 at 9:20 am
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July 20th, 2007 at 11:28 am
I was only 7 years old when this took place and I remember it “vividly”…also, I hope to mark the 40th Anniversary in 2009 somehow.