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[34] [35] Although Sotheby's described these tapes as "the best surviving NASA videotape recordings of the historic Apollo 11 Moon Landing" and "the earliest, sharpest and most accurate surviving video images of man's first steps on the moon", [36] a statement from NASA said these tapes "contain no material that hasn't been preserved at NASA". [33]
English: Neil Armstrong (1930–2012), commander of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, descends the ladder of the Apollo Lunar Module (or Lunar Excursion Module, LEM) to become the first human to set foot on the surface of the Moon.
After the first Moon landing, public and political interest waned, including that of President Nixon, who wanted to rein in federal spending. [140] NASA's budget could not sustain Apollo missions which cost, on average, $445 million ($2.66 billion adjusted) [141] each while simultaneously developing the Space Shuttle. The final fiscal year of ...
NASA clinches the space race with the Soviets in 1969 with a moon landing by Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Twelve astronauts explore the surface over six missions, before the ...
Source: NASA Armstrong took the photo with a 70mm lunar surface camera while the two explored a region of the moon known as the "Sea of Tranquility.". At an event promoting his new book, No Dream ...
The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend, and plenty of other events honor Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s giant leap. Aldrin, 94 ...
A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, including both crewed and robotic missions. The first human-made object to touch the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959.
On July 19, 2019, the Google Doodle paid tribute to the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, complete with a link to an animated YouTube video with voiceover by astronaut Michael Collins. [281] [282] Aldrin, Collins, and Armstrong's sons were hosted by President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. [283] [284]