One Small Step
Apollo 11
Commander:
Neil A. Armstrong
Pilot: Columbia Command Module
Michael Collins, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Pilot: Eagle Lunar Module
Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr., Colonel, USAF
Launched: 16 July 1969 UT 13:32:00 (08:32:00 CDT)
Landed on Moon: 20 July 1969 UT 20:17:40 (15:17:40 CDT)
Landing Site: Mare Tranquillitatis – Sea of Tranquility (0.67 N, 23.47 E)
Returned to Earth: 24 July 1969 UT 16:50:35 (11:50:35 CDT)
It has been fifty-one years since a human first set foot on another natural body in the solar system and we have digressed to the point that we can’t duplicate that feat.
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