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53 years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first people to walk on the moon
Fox News ^ | 20 July 2022 | Anon

Posted on 07/20/2022 12:53:20 PM PDT by Rummyfan

On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching the surface in their Apollo 11 lunar module.

The iconic images of the Eagle Lunar Module’s descent to the Moon rank among the most incredible footage ever recorded.

The black-and-white film was shot from a 16-mm time-lapse camera mounted in Buzz Aldrin’s window on the right side of the Eagle Lunar Module. However, there is no record of what Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong saw from his window. “Due to the small size of the LM windows and the angle at which the movie camera was mounted, what mission commander Neil Armstrong saw as he flew and landed the LM was not recorded,” explains NASA in a statement on its website.

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The second greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century, the first being the Manhattan Project.

Godspeed Apollo 11.

1 posted on 07/20/2022 12:53:20 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

(what mission commander Neil Armstrong saw as he flew and landed the LM was not recorded)

TicTac UFO?


2 posted on 07/20/2022 12:55:17 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: Rummyfan

I remember, I was in Army basic training at Fort Lewis, WA. Listened to it on a transistor radio.


3 posted on 07/20/2022 12:56:30 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Rummyfan

Did they?


4 posted on 07/20/2022 12:57:13 PM PDT by algore
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To: Rummyfan

“People”


5 posted on 07/20/2022 1:00:12 PM PDT by montag813
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To: All

Neil: “Do you have the keys?”

Buzz: “No, thought you did.”


6 posted on 07/20/2022 1:00:33 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (If only one of those bears Putin wrestled had won)
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To: algore

Photos of each of the six Apollo landing sites photographed from low orbit by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. ALSEP stands for Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package. The astronauts' tracks as well as the rover and other items are plainly visible.
NASA / LRO

7 posted on 07/20/2022 1:01:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Litterbugs. Nothing changes.


8 posted on 07/20/2022 1:02:54 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: BenLurkin

That might prove that we had the capibility to land THINGS on the moon.

Certainly not more


9 posted on 07/20/2022 1:04:27 PM PDT by algore
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To: montag813

yes people.

After all, we can’t say they were men, because who even knows what a man is, or what a woman is, nowadays. Saying “people” is more inclusive, for those who follow such literary standards.


10 posted on 07/20/2022 1:04:37 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Next time america goes to the moon they’ll put up a rainbow flag


11 posted on 07/20/2022 1:06:22 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: Rummyfan

My hometown had no TV or radio, so I didn’t find out about the landing until a few days later, when the Anchorage newspapers came in on the mail plane.


12 posted on 07/20/2022 1:06:29 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: escapefromboston

And a statue of Grand Caliph Baraq.


13 posted on 07/20/2022 1:06:58 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: SaveFerris

He described it so well on the descent… it was amazing.


14 posted on 07/20/2022 1:07:46 PM PDT by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nation of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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To: algore

From the caption: “The astronauts’ tracks... are plainly visible.”


15 posted on 07/20/2022 1:08:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Rummyfan

I worked for NASA 1966-1972 and looking back some of the best years of my life. Air Force service behind me, recently married, no kids, double income and lots of very interesting friends and coworkers. I remember the moon mission vividly and worked part of it running messages between buildings as a GS-11. Also welcomed the astronauts when they returned home quarantined in Airstream trailers.


16 posted on 07/20/2022 1:09:33 PM PDT by yetidog
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To: Rummyfan

If you believe it.


17 posted on 07/20/2022 1:10:40 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: rktman

Ping.


18 posted on 07/20/2022 1:11:37 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Shady

I was probably watching it as a kid.

My parents bought our first color TV 📺 for the launch.


19 posted on 07/20/2022 1:11:50 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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Next time america goes to the moon they’ll put up a rainbow flag

If the Chinese masters permit it.

God allowed the noble American people to be first and to say we claimed no jurisdiction or ownership and not for war. We came in peace for all mankind.

The Chinese and Russians would not hesitate to claim the Moon and use it for evil purposes. God apparently allows Free Will in such things.

I pray God will at least intervene enough to allow survival of the noble America for more years.

20 posted on 07/20/2022 1:13:49 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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