That’s one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind.
Famous words said by Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon (and one
of only 12 to have walked on her), who died yesterday from
complications of heart surgery. He was 82 and on July 20th 1969 he
conquered the Moon. Forget your iPhone, ultrabooks or electric cars,
that was real scientific progress, the likes of which we have not seen
again in the last 40 years. Time to step it up mankind and continue his
legacy.
1U.S.
astronauts Neil Armstrong smiles in the lunar module after his historic
moonwalk are pictured in this NASA handout photo. Armstrong, has died
at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on August 25, 2012. Armstrong, the
first man to set foot on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his
family said on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
2Neil
Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 and the first man on the moon, laughs
during testimony before a House Science, Space and Technology committee
hearing on NASA Human Spaceflight Past, Present and Future: Where Do We
Go From Here? in Washington in this September 22, 2011, file photo.
Armstrong, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on August 25,
2012. REUTERS/Molly Riley/Files
3The
Apollo 11 crew of U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong, (L) who was the
Mission Commander and the first man to step on the moon, Edwin Buzz
Aldrin, (R), who was the Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, (C)
who was the Command Module pilot are pictured in this NASA studio file
image, dated May 1, 1969. Armstrong, has died at the age of 82, U.S.
media reported on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
4The
astronauts of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Buzz Aldrin (R) and
Michael Collins (L), received medals for their pioneering flight and
stand in front of the command module Columbia which carried them on
their historic flight, at The Air and Space Smithsonian 30 years after
they first walked on the moon, in Washington, in this July 21, 1999,
file photo. Armstrong, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported
on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/Jamal Wilson/Files
5Apollo
11 astronauts Neil Armstrong (L) and Buzz Aldrin talk about the launch
of Apollo 11 on the 30th anniversary of the event at the Kennedy Space
Center in this July 16,1999, file photo. Armstrong, has died at the age
of 82, U.S. media reported on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/Joe
Skipper/Files
6Portrait
of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 Lunar
Landing mission in his space suit, with his helmet is pictured in this
NASA studio file image. Armstrong, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media
reported on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
7Neil
Armstrong is pictured in a 1958 handout photo courtesy of NASA.
Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died at the age of
82, his family said on August 25, 2012. The former astronaut underwent a
heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his
birthday on August 5th, to relieve blocked coronary arteries.
REUTERS/NASA Dryden Flight Research Center/Handout
8Neil
Armstrong poses with an X-15 aircraft at the Dryden Flight Research
Center in California, in this undated handout photo courtesy of NASA.
Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died at the age of
82, his family said on Saturday. The former astronaut underwent a
heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his
birthday on Aug. 5, to relieve blocked coronary arteries. REUTERS/NASA
Dryden Flight Research Center/Handout
9Apollo
XI Astronauts Neil Armstrong (L), Michael Collins (C), and Buzz Aldrin
laugh with President Richard Nixon aboard the USS Hornet, in this July
24, 1969 handout photo courtesy of the Richard Nixon Foundation. The
President was on hand to greet the astronauts after their splashdown in
the Pacific. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died
at the age of 82, his family said on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/Richard
Nixon Foundation/Handout
10U.S.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong turns towards the lunar module on the moon in
this handout photo from NASA. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on
the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on August 25, 2012.
REUTERS/NASA/Handout
11This
NASA file image shows Apollo 11 U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on
the Moon, next to the Lunar Module Eagle (R), in this July 20, 1969 file
photo. The plexiglass of his helmet reflects back the scene in from of
him, such as the Lunar Module and Astronaut Neil Armstrong, taking his
picture. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died at
the age of 82, his family said on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/Neil
Armstrong-NASA/Handout
12This
NASA file image shows U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11
Mission Commander, standing next to the Lunar Module Eagle on the moon
in this July 20, 1969 file photo. Armstrong, the first man to set foot
on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on August 25,
2012. Apollo 11 fellow astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin took this photo.
REUTERS/Edwin Aldrin-NASA/Handout
13The
Apollo 11 Lunar Module landing sequence used by astronaut Neil
Armstrong to land on the moon is seen on display at Bonhams auction
house in New York July 12, 2009. Bonhams New York will be presenting a
sale entirely devoted to the history of man's exploration of space on
July 16. The sale coincides with the week of the 40th anniversary of
man?s landing on the Moon and consists of items acquired either directly
from the astronauts or that were originally in their collections.
Picture taken July 12, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar
14This
NASA file image shows flight controllers celebrating the successful
conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission at the Mission
Operations Control Room at the Johnson Space Center on July 24, 1969.
Apollo 11, launched forty years ago today on July 16, 1969, carried
astronauts Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission Commander and the first
man to step on the moon, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, who was the Lunar Module
Pilot, and Michael Collins, who was the Command Module pilot.
REUTERS/NASA/Handout
15The
Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 spaceflight sits on the launch
pad at the Kennedy Space Center on July 1, 1969 in this handout photo
courtesy of NASA. Space enthusiast and entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has found
the rocket motors used to send the Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon and
plans to mount a recovery expedition soon, the Amazon.com CEO and
founder reported on a blog post. The five F-1 engines were fired up on
July 16, 1969, sending the massive Saturn 5 rocket on its way to the
moon. The motors burned out a few minutes after liftoff from the Kennedy
Space Center and tumbled into the Atlantic Ocean. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
16The
Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 spaceflight is launched from the
Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969 in this handout photo courtesy of
NASA. Space enthusiast and entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has found the
rocket motors used to send the Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon and
plans to mount a recovery expedition soon, the Amazon.com CEO and
founder reported on a blog post. The five F-1 engines were fired up on
July 16, 1969, sending the massive Saturn 5 rocket on its way to the
moon. The motors burned out a few minutes after liftoff from the Kennedy
Space Center and tumbled into the Atlantic Ocean. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
17Astronaut
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during the
Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon in this July, 1969 file
photo. He had just deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments
Package (EASEP). In the foreground is the Passive Seismic Experiment
Package (PSEP); beyond it is the Laser Ranging RetroReflector (LR-3); in
the center background is the United States flag; in the left background
is the black and white lunar surface television camera; in the far
right background is the Lunar Module. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong took
this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. July 16 marks the 30th
anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch.
18The
Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle bearing astronauts Neil Armstrong and
Edwin E. Aldrin, returns to the command module Columbia July 21 1969
following its historic landing on the moon's surface. This photograph
was made by astronaut Michael Collins from Columbia. In the background
the Earth can be seen rising above the lunar horizon
19Neil
A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 Moon-landing Mission,
practices for the historic event in a lunar module simulation before the
launch in this June 1969 file photo. Armstrong now lives on a farm in
Ohio, has an unlisted phone number and shuns the many celebrations of
the day 25 years ago when he stepped onto the lunar surface. Armstong
turns 64 on August 5th
20Astronaut
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, poses beside the deployed flag
of the United States during the Apollo XI moon landing July 20, 1969.
The lunar module is at left and the footprints of the astronauts are
visible in the foreground. July 1994 marks the 25th anniversary of man's
walk on the moon
21Apollo
astronaut Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descends the
steps of the Lunar Module (LM) ladder as he prepares to walk on the Moon
in this July 29, 1969 file photo. This picture was taken by fellow
astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, with a 70mm lunar surface
camera. The 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is July 16
(launch) and July 20 (landing on the moon).
22This
NASA file image, dated July 20, 1969, shows one of the first footprints
of Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin on the moon. The Apollo 11
crew consisted of astronauts Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission
Commander and the first man to step on the moon, Aldrin, who was the
Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, who was the Command Module
pilot. Apollo 11, launched forty years ago today on July 16, 1969, was
the first manned mission to land on the moon. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
--
1U.S.
astronauts Neil Armstrong smiles in the lunar module after his historic
moonwalk are pictured in this NASA handout photo. Armstrong, has died
at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on August 25, 2012. Armstrong, the
first man to set foot on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his
family said on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
2Neil
Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 and the first man on the moon, laughs
during testimony before a House Science, Space and Technology committee
hearing on NASA Human Spaceflight Past, Present and Future: Where Do We
Go From Here? in Washington in this September 22, 2011, file photo.
Armstrong, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on August 25,
2012. REUTERS/Molly Riley/Files
3The
Apollo 11 crew of U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong, (L) who was the
Mission Commander and the first man to step on the moon, Edwin Buzz
Aldrin, (R), who was the Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, (C)
who was the Command Module pilot are pictured in this NASA studio file
image, dated May 1, 1969. Armstrong, has died at the age of 82, U.S.
media reported on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
4The
astronauts of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Buzz Aldrin (R) and
Michael Collins (L), received medals for their pioneering flight and
stand in front of the command module Columbia which carried them on
their historic flight, at The Air and Space Smithsonian 30 years after
they first walked on the moon, in Washington, in this July 21, 1999,
file photo. Armstrong, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported
on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/Jamal Wilson/Files
5Apollo
11 astronauts Neil Armstrong (L) and Buzz Aldrin talk about the launch
of Apollo 11 on the 30th anniversary of the event at the Kennedy Space
Center in this July 16,1999, file photo. Armstrong, has died at the age
of 82, U.S. media reported on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/Joe
Skipper/Files
6Portrait
of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 Lunar
Landing mission in his space suit, with his helmet is pictured in this
NASA studio file image. Armstrong, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media
reported on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
7Neil
Armstrong is pictured in a 1958 handout photo courtesy of NASA.
Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died at the age of
82, his family said on August 25, 2012. The former astronaut underwent a
heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his
birthday on August 5th, to relieve blocked coronary arteries.
REUTERS/NASA Dryden Flight Research Center/Handout
8Neil
Armstrong poses with an X-15 aircraft at the Dryden Flight Research
Center in California, in this undated handout photo courtesy of NASA.
Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died at the age of
82, his family said on Saturday. The former astronaut underwent a
heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his
birthday on Aug. 5, to relieve blocked coronary arteries. REUTERS/NASA
Dryden Flight Research Center/Handout
9Apollo
XI Astronauts Neil Armstrong (L), Michael Collins (C), and Buzz Aldrin
laugh with President Richard Nixon aboard the USS Hornet, in this July
24, 1969 handout photo courtesy of the Richard Nixon Foundation. The
President was on hand to greet the astronauts after their splashdown in
the Pacific. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died
at the age of 82, his family said on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/Richard
Nixon Foundation/Handout
10U.S.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong turns towards the lunar module on the moon in
this handout photo from NASA. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on
the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on August 25, 2012.
REUTERS/NASA/Handout
11This
NASA file image shows Apollo 11 U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on
the Moon, next to the Lunar Module Eagle (R), in this July 20, 1969 file
photo. The plexiglass of his helmet reflects back the scene in from of
him, such as the Lunar Module and Astronaut Neil Armstrong, taking his
picture. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died at
the age of 82, his family said on August 25, 2012. REUTERS/Neil
Armstrong-NASA/Handout
12This
NASA file image shows U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11
Mission Commander, standing next to the Lunar Module Eagle on the moon
in this July 20, 1969 file photo. Armstrong, the first man to set foot
on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on August 25,
2012. Apollo 11 fellow astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin took this photo.
REUTERS/Edwin Aldrin-NASA/Handout
13The
Apollo 11 Lunar Module landing sequence used by astronaut Neil
Armstrong to land on the moon is seen on display at Bonhams auction
house in New York July 12, 2009. Bonhams New York will be presenting a
sale entirely devoted to the history of man's exploration of space on
July 16. The sale coincides with the week of the 40th anniversary of
man?s landing on the Moon and consists of items acquired either directly
from the astronauts or that were originally in their collections.
Picture taken July 12, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar
14This
NASA file image shows flight controllers celebrating the successful
conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission at the Mission
Operations Control Room at the Johnson Space Center on July 24, 1969.
Apollo 11, launched forty years ago today on July 16, 1969, carried
astronauts Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission Commander and the first
man to step on the moon, Edwin Buzz Aldrin, who was the Lunar Module
Pilot, and Michael Collins, who was the Command Module pilot.
REUTERS/NASA/Handout
15The
Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 spaceflight sits on the launch
pad at the Kennedy Space Center on July 1, 1969 in this handout photo
courtesy of NASA. Space enthusiast and entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has found
the rocket motors used to send the Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon and
plans to mount a recovery expedition soon, the Amazon.com CEO and
founder reported on a blog post. The five F-1 engines were fired up on
July 16, 1969, sending the massive Saturn 5 rocket on its way to the
moon. The motors burned out a few minutes after liftoff from the Kennedy
Space Center and tumbled into the Atlantic Ocean. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
16The
Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 spaceflight is launched from the
Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969 in this handout photo courtesy of
NASA. Space enthusiast and entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has found the
rocket motors used to send the Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon and
plans to mount a recovery expedition soon, the Amazon.com CEO and
founder reported on a blog post. The five F-1 engines were fired up on
July 16, 1969, sending the massive Saturn 5 rocket on its way to the
moon. The motors burned out a few minutes after liftoff from the Kennedy
Space Center and tumbled into the Atlantic Ocean. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
17Astronaut
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during the
Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon in this July, 1969 file
photo. He had just deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments
Package (EASEP). In the foreground is the Passive Seismic Experiment
Package (PSEP); beyond it is the Laser Ranging RetroReflector (LR-3); in
the center background is the United States flag; in the left background
is the black and white lunar surface television camera; in the far
right background is the Lunar Module. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong took
this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. July 16 marks the 30th
anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch.
18The
Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle bearing astronauts Neil Armstrong and
Edwin E. Aldrin, returns to the command module Columbia July 21 1969
following its historic landing on the moon's surface. This photograph
was made by astronaut Michael Collins from Columbia. In the background
the Earth can be seen rising above the lunar horizon
19Neil
A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 Moon-landing Mission,
practices for the historic event in a lunar module simulation before the
launch in this June 1969 file photo. Armstrong now lives on a farm in
Ohio, has an unlisted phone number and shuns the many celebrations of
the day 25 years ago when he stepped onto the lunar surface. Armstong
turns 64 on August 5th
20Astronaut
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, poses beside the deployed flag
of the United States during the Apollo XI moon landing July 20, 1969.
The lunar module is at left and the footprints of the astronauts are
visible in the foreground. July 1994 marks the 25th anniversary of man's
walk on the moon
21Apollo
astronaut Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descends the
steps of the Lunar Module (LM) ladder as he prepares to walk on the Moon
in this July 29, 1969 file photo. This picture was taken by fellow
astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, with a 70mm lunar surface
camera. The 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is July 16
(launch) and July 20 (landing on the moon).
22This
NASA file image, dated July 20, 1969, shows one of the first footprints
of Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin on the moon. The Apollo 11
crew consisted of astronauts Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission
Commander and the first man to step on the moon, Aldrin, who was the
Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, who was the Command Module
pilot. Apollo 11, launched forty years ago today on July 16, 1969, was
the first manned mission to land on the moon. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
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