At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Stepping off the lunar landing module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon.
This was a school night, way past bedtime, but we were all allowed to stay up just to watch this. Were surprised and a little disappointed it was not in color, not realizing the moon is fairly colorless!
Some pictures and events just never leave your mind, and, for us anyway, this was a biggie. 51 years. How times have changed.
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