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The Apollo 11 mission landed the first humans on the moon in 1969. While on their journey, the astronauts observed an unidentified object in space. They decided not to mention this encounter until years later. In this video, Buzz Aldrin recalls what they saw.

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Neil Armstrong discusses landing on the moon and describes his view from the color of the Earth to the topography of the moon. Armstrong was one of three astronauts to board the Apollo 11 spacecraft and he is the first man to walk on the moon on July 21, 1969. Speaking to the differences in depth perception on the moon, Armstrong notes: “The peculiar phenomenon is the closeness of the horizon due to the greater curvature of the moon than we have here on earth, of course four times greater. And the fact that it is an irregular surface with crater rims overlying other crater rims. You can’t see the real horizon, you are seeing hills that are somewhat closer to you.”

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Celebrities and politicians alike share their stories about where they were and what they were doing on July 20, 1969 when the Apollo 11 spaceflight became the first mission to successfully land humans on the moon. American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent about two and a half hours on the surface of the moon with Armstrong being the first man to set foot on the moon on July 21, 1969. With his first step, Armstrong spoke the famous words, “That’s one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind.” For the 45th anniversary of this momentous occasion, Aldrin encourages people to share their memories about the Apollo 11 moon landing and what it meant to them.

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Iconic news reporter Walter Cronkite describes his involvement with NASA and the space program and discusses the emotional aspect of reporting major events, such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the Apollo 11 moon landing.

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Author: Ben Nussbaum

The Apollo 11 moon landing was truly a global event. An estimated 500 million people watched it live, or roughly 15 percent of the entire population of the planet.

In fact, as much as it stirred American pride, the moon landing was always meant for the rest of the world. The space race of the 1960s was explicitly a contest between the Soviets and the Americans. In part the goal was military dominance, as the exact potential for these new technologies was unknown. But even more important was the propaganda value of a victory.
The Soviets had launched the first satellite, Sputnik. They had put the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin. As emerging countries debated whether to join forces with the communist USSR or the capitalist U.S.A., these Soviet accomplishments seemed to offer proof that it was the USSR – not the U.S.A. – that had the more advanced civilization.

Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson in succession poured more and more money into NASA in an attempt to earn the U.S. its first clear victory in the space race. At its peak in 1966, NASA employed (directly or as contractors) around 400,000 people. The Apollo project is estimated to have cost, in total, about $160 billion in current dollars.

Buzz Aldrin stands on the moon. Reflected in his visor is Neil Armstrong. On July 20, 1969 Apollo 11’s Armstrong became the first human on the moon, with Aldrin following shortly after.

The Apollo 11 moon landing propaganda victory wasn’t relegated to sleepy schoolkids in the U.K. While China, North Korea, and North Vietnam didn’t allow coverage of the event, it was on the front page of Pravda in the Soviet Union. Across the developing world it was occasion for rapturous coverage. But perhaps most surprising was the response from the countries of Eastern Europe: In Bucharest the Romanian Communist party’s official newspaper proclaimed the landing “one of the most extraordinary deeds in the whole history of mankind.” In Prague it was hailed as “a historic victory for mankind.” In Belgrade a newspaper hoped that “this scientific feat … will be the immediate stimulus for activity to consolidate world peace and understanding.”

The demoralized Soviets, for their part, were so far behind that they gave up on manned moon missions, refocusing their efforts on orbiting space stations.

In total 12 men would walk on the moon as part of the Apollo missions. The last was Eugene Cernan on December 13, 1972.

More on the Apollo 11 mission on NASA’s site

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NASA footage of the astronauts throughout the Apollo 11 mission, which landed the first humans (Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin) on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

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A University of Louisville professor remembers hearing that the landing was successful while on a plane.

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A man remembers watching the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969–at 3 a.m. in the U.K.–and the eventual first steps on the moon.

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8mm amateur video (no sound) of the ticker tape parade the astronauts received in New York City.

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British TV host and naturalist Chris Packham remembers the landing from the point of view of an eight-year-old.

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