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Happy 35th Anniversary ...
20 Jul 2004 12:28 amOn July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the Sea of Tranquility (and everybody forgets Michael Collins, orbiting above).
Six hours later, Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the moon, and uttered the famous "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind" (though he swears he intended to say "... one small step for A man ..."). I remember watching the fuzzy TV image.
Nasa has posted commemerative artwork - a reworking of the original patch.
Apollo 17 left the lunar surface on 14 December 1972, a little over three years later, and nobody has been back (Eugene Cernan was the last person to stand on the moon). Three additional scheduled Apollo flights had been cancelled in 1970, due to budgetary constraints.
Only twelve people have walked on the face of the moon.
A couple of interesting, if minor, related stories - on Apollo 14, Stuart Roosa (in the CM orbiting the moon), had with him packets containing hundreds of tree seeds. The seeds were germinated after returning to Earth, and the "Moon Trees" were planted across the US.
Also aboard the Apollo 14 CM was 10,000 grains of silver that were later mixed with a larger quantity of less well travelled silver and cast by the Franklin Mint into mini coins. I've got one (still packed away), and you find them fairly often on E-Bay.
Six hours later, Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the moon, and uttered the famous "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind" (though he swears he intended to say "... one small step for A man ..."). I remember watching the fuzzy TV image.
Nasa has posted commemerative artwork - a reworking of the original patch.
Apollo 17 left the lunar surface on 14 December 1972, a little over three years later, and nobody has been back (Eugene Cernan was the last person to stand on the moon). Three additional scheduled Apollo flights had been cancelled in 1970, due to budgetary constraints.
Only twelve people have walked on the face of the moon.
A couple of interesting, if minor, related stories - on Apollo 14, Stuart Roosa (in the CM orbiting the moon), had with him packets containing hundreds of tree seeds. The seeds were germinated after returning to Earth, and the "Moon Trees" were planted across the US.
Also aboard the Apollo 14 CM was 10,000 grains of silver that were later mixed with a larger quantity of less well travelled silver and cast by the Franklin Mint into mini coins. I've got one (still packed away), and you find them fairly often on E-Bay.
