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SPACE ART: Neil Armstrong’s First Step

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This artist’s concept depicts mankind’s first walk on another celestial body. Here, Astronaut Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, is making his first step onto the surface of the moon. In the background is the Earth, some 240,000 miles away.


Watching History in the Making: Apollo 11

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Former President Lyndon B. Johnson and then-current Vice President Spiro Agnew are among the spectators at the launch of Apollo 11, which lifted off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 am EDT on July 16, 1969.


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