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  2. List of spacewalks and moonwalks 1965–1999 - Wikipedia

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    Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. Aldrin followed, describing the Moon as "magnificent desolation." [ 18 ] During their 2½ hour EVA, the team deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experimental Package, took a call from President Nixon , collected rock and core samples, raised a US Flag , and took photographs. [ 19 ]

  3. Apollo program - Wikipedia

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    The program was named after Apollo, the Greek god of light, music, and the Sun, by NASA manager Abe Silverstein, who later said, "I was naming the spacecraft like I'd name my baby." [ 3 ] Silverstein chose the name at home one evening, early in 1960, because he felt "Apollo riding his chariot across the Sun was appropriate to the grand scale of ...

  4. Apollo 11 - Wikipedia

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    Reporters wrote in early 1969 that Aldrin would be the first man to walk on the Moon, and Associate Administrator George Mueller told reporters he would be first as well. Aldrin heard that Armstrong would be the first because Armstrong was a civilian, which made Aldrin livid.

  5. Buzz Aldrin reveals the true story behind the most iconic ...

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    Source: NASA Armstrong took the photo with a 70mm lunar surface camera while the two explored a region of the moon known as the "Sea of Tranquility.". At an event promoting his new book, No Dream ...

  6. A brief history of Ronald McDonald - AOL

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  7. List of missions to the Moon - Wikipedia

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    On 20 July 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. At the same time another mission, the robotic sample return mission Luna 15 by the Soviet Union, was in orbit around the Moon, becoming together with Apollo 11 the first ever case of two extraterrestrial missions being conducted at the ...

  8. Did we really land on the moon? The big questions and eye ...

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    Moon landing deniers say there's clear photographic evidence of this, and point out that because there's no breeze on the moon, this must be fake. Apollo 11astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon ...

  9. Neil Armstrong - Wikipedia

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    Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon.He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.