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Jul. 20th, 2009 11:26 am
Happy Moon Day!
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It was 40 years ago today Monday July 20, 1969 that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon and then walked upon its surface. The longest journey in human history that told us much about the world we live on.
It was a big moment for me as I followed along at home with my National Geographic Moon map. I remember the actual landing better than the first steps on the Moon because I was less sleepy: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." This change of call sign indicated that they had arrived safely on the surface.
It was quite an adventure for me born at the dawn of the space age I had grown up with space missions every few months and the astronauts were my heroes.
It was 40 years ago today Monday July 20, 1969 that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon and then walked upon its surface. The longest journey in human history that told us much about the world we live on.
It was a big moment for me as I followed along at home with my National Geographic Moon map. I remember the actual landing better than the first steps on the Moon because I was less sleepy: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." This change of call sign indicated that they had arrived safely on the surface.
It was quite an adventure for me born at the dawn of the space age I had grown up with space missions every few months and the astronauts were my heroes.