Apollo 11 moon landing

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Humans walked on the moon on July 20, 1969.

#OnThisDay in 1969, Apollo 11's lunar module, Eagle, landed on the moon, forever imprinting its mark on human history. A giant leap for mankind! 🚀🌕 #Apollo11 #MoonLanding #SpaceExploration #HumanAchievement

First man on the moon Neil Armstrong dies aged 82

This Las Vegas newspaper captures the excitement as two American astronauts explore the moon's surface on July 20. Earlier in the day, President Richard Nixon had led the nation in prayer for a successful moon landing.

40 years ago, three human beings - with the help of many thousands of others - left our planet on a successful journey to our Moon, setting foot on another world for the first time. Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the July 16, 1969 launch of Apollo 11 with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard. The entire trip lasted only 8 days, the time spent on the surface was less than one day, the entire time spent walking on the moon, a mere 2 1/2…

Here are four separate ways you can prove it, even 50 years after-the-fact.

It's 50 years since the first ever manned landing on the Moon - what was involved?

48 years ago, we landed on the moon. So let's celebrate with these little known facts about the Apollo 11 mission and a collection of retro rocket man style.