One small step... :new_moon:

Fox 01/25/20

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[C] Six-and-a-half hours after the LM Eagle had touched down on the moon, and watch

Six-and-a-half hours after the LM Eagle had touched down on the moon, and watched by millions back on earth, Neil Armstrong took his first historical steps onto the lunar soil. He was soon followed by Buzz Aldrin for a moonwalk lasting about two-and-a-half hours.

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"I'm at the foot of the ladder.The LM footpad are only depressed in....about one or two inches... It's almost like a powder. Ground mass is very fine. I'm going to step of the LM now... Thats one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind...Yes, the surface is fine and powdery. I can kick it up loosely with my toe." Neil Armstrong, 2:56am GMT, 21 July 1969

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As they struggled into their bulky PLSS life- packs and readied themselves for the EVA, the astronauts were aware that they were running behind schedule. A series of strict checklist had been prepared during training on the ground, and although they followed these in minute detail, they found that there were many other issues to consider when doing it for real. Finally, at 02:30am, they opened the hatch. As Armstrong backed out onto the LM's "porch", and down the ladder, he paused to release the external television camera that would capture his first steps on the new world.

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Fifteen minutes later, Aldrin was on the porch and ready to Armstrong, who was by now equipped with a high - quality hasselblad camera. Once on the surface, he spent a little time analyzing different methods of getting around in the one-sixith gravity, finally concluding that a looking stride was the best solution. After Armstrong had relocated the television camera to a tripod,the astronauts planted the US flag together, and received a special transmission via Houston.

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President Nixon: Hello, Neil and Buzz. I'm talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room at the White House...For every American, this has to be the proudest day of our lives...And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to earth. For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this earth are truly one; one in their pride in what you have done, and one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth. Neil Armstrong: Thank you, Mr President. It's a great honour and privilege for us to be here representing not only the United States, but men of peace of all nations.

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Resuming work, the astronauts set up a package of experiments on the surface. Aldrin then collected a pair of core samples from the lunar soil, while Armstrong loped on the rim of a nearby crater to photograph their surroundings. They spent the remainder of their allocated time collecting and cataloguing rock samples, before first Aldrin, and then Armstrong, climbed back aboard the LM.

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"Beautiful view! Magnificent desolation" Buzz Aldrin steps onto the moon, 21 July 1969

"The blue colour of my boots has completely disappeared now into this...greyish-coca colour." Buzz Aldrin

Test landing, since this was the first lunar landing, one important part of the moonwalk was for the astronauts to inspect the conditions of the LM and report back to Houston - fortunately, it had not suffered any damage in the landing.

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At work on the moon, towards the end of their moonwalk, Armstrong and Aldrin deployed the early Apollo scientific experiments package (EASEP), including a seismometer, an experiment to measure the build up of lunar dust, and a solar - powered transmitter to send the results back to earth.

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A message to the future, The plaque on the leg of the LM descent stage, left on the moon for posterity, reads: "here men from the planet earth first set foot upon the moon, July, 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.

Here a YouTube video of the moon landing from 21 July 1969

https://youtu.be/wAjqs9EiZEY

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