Apollo 11: Onto a New World
Explanation:
A human first set foot on another world on
July 20, 1969.
This world was
Earth's own Moon.
Pictured above is
Neil Armstrong preparing to take the
historic first step.
On the way down the
Lunar Module
ladder,
Armstrong released equipment which included the
television camera that recorded
this fuzzy image.
Pictures
and voice transmissions were
broadcast live to an estimated world wide
audience of one billion people.
The
Apollo Moon landings
have since been described as the greatest
technological achievement
the world has known.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
