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IT WAS ‘’ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKING”

PHOTOS: On this day - July 20, 1969, the first moon landing

At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000
miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion
people listening at home: “That’s one small step for a man, one
giant leap for mankind.” Stepping off the lunar module Eagle,
Armstrong became the
first human to walk on the surface of
the moon
.

Extremely high-res outtakes from Apollo 11's 1969 moon landing — Quartz

When Men First Walked on the Moon: A Moment Relived - NYTimes.com

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