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BARBARA EDEN IS ONLY 78 TODAY!

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008)

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FORMER ASTRONAUT IS 81 TODAY

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Neil Armstrong as a child in a band uniform, circa 1940

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Neil Alden Armstrong is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, aerospace
engineer
, university professor, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.

 


Apollo 11 mission, July 21, 1969. Armstrong descends
the ladder for the first walk on the Moon.

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MOON MISSION BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1971

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The Apollo 15 prime crew astronauts from left: Commander David R. Scott, Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden, and Lunar Module Pilot James 
B. Irwin

Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission and was the first where the
Lunar
Roving Vehicle was used. It concluded on August 7. At the time,
NASA called it the most successful manned flight ever achieved.

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The Apollo 15 36-volt electric Lunar Roving Vehicle was one of three that went
to the Moon

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SPLASH DOWN ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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President Nixon visits the Apollo 11 crew in quarantine after splash down

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