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Apollo 11 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Column as Published: "First moon landing in 1969 marked an entire generation" ... I have to commend you for that excellent article regarding the moon landing. It certainly must have been a defining moment for those who watched history in the making in 1969.
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Stories from the day of the first Moon Landing, July 20, 1969, from witnesses here on Earth. Memories from the Earthbound about Apollo 11 and the impact it had on their lives. ... Click here to add your story to the archive. If you have a good one about where you were and what you were doing the day of the first Moon landing,
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The splashdown May 26, 1969, of Apollo 10 cleared the way for the first formal attempt at a manned lunar landing. Six days before, the Apollo 11 ... unveiled plaque on the LM descent stage with inscription: "Here Men From Planet Earth First Set Foot Upon the Moon. July 1969 A.D. We Came In Peace For All Mankind."
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On July 20, 1969, ... Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds of fuel remaining), Neil A. Armstrong took the “Small Step” into our greater future when he stepped off the Lunar Module, named “Eagle,” onto the surface of the Moon, from which he could look up and see Earth...
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In July of 1969, Neil Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11, America's first attempt to land a manned vehicle on the Moon. On July 20, 1969 Commander Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin Aldrin successfully touched down on the lunar surface.
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