Monday, July 20, 2009

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."


"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

-- President John F, Kennedy, in a speech to a joint session of Congress, May 25, 1961


"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

-- Neil Armstrong, Mission Commander, Apollo 11, 10:56 pm (EDT), July 20, 1969


Happy 40th anniversary.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Or as The Onion had it: http://www.members.shaw.ca/rlongpre01/moon_tiny.jpg