| On July 20, 1969, at 10:56
pm (EDT), Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.
This moment was experienced simultaneously by people around the world who stayed up late or woke up early to watch their televisions, or tuned into radios to hear the events as they transpired. Armstrong marked the moment, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." In the days, weeks, and months to follow, the subject of the moonwalk was discussed around the world. A new chapter in technology had been written. You are part of the generation that put a man on the moon. Please help us preserve the public memory of this historic event in an online archive, so that future generations can understand the magnitude of this experience. Best of the Web On the Moon Walk: Apollo 11 30th Anniversary Apollo History Archive Press Release Images: Apollo 11 NASA Image eXchange NASA History Office Discovery Online--Moon Walk Lunar & Planetary Institute: Apollo 11 |
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part of history, and we would appreciate if you could take a few minutes
to record them through our survey or via e-mail.
"I remember sharply watching part of the moonwalk itself on
a tiny black and white TV. It made a very strong impression; I have
very few other clear memories from that age...." -Jon Leech "I remember watching it on NBC and the late news correspondent Frank McGee was NBC’s main man for the broadcast. My father took 35mm photos off the TV screen ...." -Gary Henault "I was a little boy aged 13.... Filled with adrenalin I could not sleep ...."-Paul Littler |
