On this day July 20, 1969 - The Eagle Has Landed

LateNight · 07-20-2007, 08:50 AM

On this day July 20, 1969
Neil Armstrong steped on to a Movie Soundstage, and declared "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

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1969: The Soviet Union was first to land a spacecraft on the moon, in 1959, but NASA's Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to set foot on the lunar surface, realizing humanity's age-old dream. And effectively winning the space race for the United States.

Armstrong and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin left the Apollo 11 command module (piloted by Michael Collins) in orbit and performed a landing in the lunar module Eagle. At 4:18 p.m. EDT, Armstrong announced to a watching and waiting world that "The Eagle has landed." Six-and-a-half hours later, he stepped onto the powdery surface with the words, "That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Aldrin soon followed Armstrong down the ladder to become the second man to stand on the moon.

The mission was by no means a slam dunk. There was real fear that once on the lunar surface the astronauts might end up marooned and beyond rescue. In fact, President Nixon had a condolence speech ready to go in the event things turned out badly. Things went as planned, however, and Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the command module after leaving behind a plaque inscribed with the words: "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind."

Five more Apollo missions carried astronauts to the moon before the program ended in 1972. (There was to have been six, but Apollo 13's mission ended in near disaster.) The last man to leave his footprint on the moon was Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan, on Dec. 14, 1972.

Isaac-Saxxon · 07-20-2007, 09:24 AM

Did it land in CA or the moon

What say you Al ?

Pocahontas · 07-20-2007, 11:27 AM

I remember I was a little girl on vacation at the beach and watching this grainy shot on tv. We were all blown away watching history in the making.

piemaker720 · 07-20-2007, 11:58 AM

This is also the day I was born.[so many years ago] HaHa!

Isaac-Saxxon · 07-20-2007, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by piemaker720

This is also the day I was born.[so many years ago] HaHa!

Happy Birthday PIE

Pocahontas · 07-20-2007, 12:22 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Somebody better bake Pie a cake!!

Here's to ya!

howela · 07-20-2007, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by piemaker720

This is also the day I was born.[so many years ago] HaHa!

Happy Birthday PieMaker

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piemaker720 · 07-20-2007, 08:06 PM

Thank You everyone.

AnimeSpirit · 07-20-2007, 11:58 AM

I've heard all of the stories about how the moon landing couldn't have taken place. It's bull. None of the theories are solid. We landed on the moon!

07-20-2007, 09:24 AM	#2
Isaac-Saxxon SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,421 Rep Power: 340	Did it land in CA or the moon What say you Al ? __________________ Maranatha Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

07-20-2007, 11:27 AM	#3
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 294	I remember I was a little girl on vacation at the beach and watching this grainy shot on tv. We were all blown away watching history in the making. __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

07-20-2007, 11:58 AM	#4
piemaker720 SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,584 Rep Power: 271	This is also the day I was born.[so many years ago] HaHa! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.-- Bill Cosby

07-20-2007, 12:22 PM	#6
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 294	HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Somebody better bake Pie a cake!! Here's to ya! __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

07-20-2007, 08:06 PM	#8
piemaker720 SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,584 Rep Power: 271	Thank You everyone. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.-- Bill Cosby

07-20-2007, 11:58 AM	#9
AnimeSpirit SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nowhere Age: 43 Posts: 1,659 Rep Power: 284	I've heard all of the stories about how the moon landing couldn't have taken place. It's bull. None of the theories are solid. We landed on the moon! __________________ Confuscious says~

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