Moonwalk 40th Anniversary: July 20, 2009

Post date: Jul 22, 2009 7:58:41 PM

Today the world celebrated the 40th anniversary of man's first landing on the moon. On that day Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon at 10:56 pm EST and said, "That's one small step for a man, and one giant leap for mankind." Buzz Armstrong described the moon as "Magnificent Desolation." Michael Collins described his first view of the moon from Apollo 11 as "Spectacular and electrifying ... the most awesome sphere I have ever seen."