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Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong – One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap For Man

Commander Neil Armstrong made history when he took a step out of Eagle onto the moon’s surface in front of millions watching on television, proclaiming with words like, “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” as his words became an international rallying cry of achievement and pride. First time viewers of television […]

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The Apollo Program – One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap For Man

On 20 July 1969, over 650 million viewers tuned into live television broadcast of Armstrong’s historic “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. Apollo 16 marked the first manned mission with a lunar rover, enabling Commander David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin to explore the lunar surface over three days

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50 Years Ago, One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap For Man

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin embarked upon their lunar mission from Columbia in their lunar module Eagle, heading for their intended landing spot within the Sea of Tranquillity. Unfortunately, an alarm signaled their imminent departure. Console readouts were showing an error code –1202–which neither astronaut had encountered during simulator training. The

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