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July 21, 2022
Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) "Eagle" landing and Neil Armstrong first step on the Moon
Today we celebrate the 53th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, July 21, 1969 is a day that will remain in the history of humanity because it was the first step on lunar soil. With the famous phrase of Neils Armstrong: it's a small step for man, a giant leap for mankind.
Footprint on the Moon. Image Credits: NASA/Apollo 11
In these troubled times, the imminent return to the Moon (Artemis Program) in order to establish a permanent presence there is the second step towards the expansion of humanity in the solar system to begin with and in the future, in interstellar space. And the adversity of our times should not hold us back.
Image above: The crew of Apollo 11 (from left): Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin. Image Credit: NASA.
The 49 lbs. (22 kilograms) of moon rocks and lunar dust returned to Earth by the Apollo 11 mission provided a treasure trove of material that opened the door to insights about another world. Along the way, scientists would glean information about the early days of the solar system and the formation of the Earth, and they would tease out a new understanding of the relationship between our planet and its satellite.
Image above: Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin setting up an experiment on the lunar surface, a solar sail from the University of Bern in Switzerland, behind the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM). Image Credits: NASA/Apollo 11.
From the time of its launch on July 16, 1969, until the return splashdown on July 24, almost every major aspect of the flight of Apollo 11 was witnessed via television by hundreds of millions of people in nearly every part of the globe.
Related link:
Apollo 11 Mission Overview: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
Artemis program: https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
Images (mentioned), Video (NASA), Text Credits: Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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