Where Were You When Neil Armstrong Took Mankind's First Step on the Moon Exactly 45 Years Ago?

Aimee Herd : Jul 21, 2014
Newsweek

"One small step for (a) man; one giant leap for mankind." -Neil Armstrong

Sunday was the 45th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, and Neil Armstrong's historic step onto the surface of our moon. (Photo credit: NASA)

For many who saw it happen live on TV, memories of "where you were when" came flooding back of that grainy black and white video transmission of Armstrong's descent down the ladder of the Lunar Module for the very first moonwalk ever.

NASA posted the following on their website:

The first humans who will step foot on Mars are walking the Earth today. It was 45 years ago that Neil Armstrong took the small step onto the surface of the moon that changed the course of history. The years that followed saw a Space Age of scientific, technological and human research, on which we have built the modern era. We stand on a new horizon, poised to take the next giant leap—deeper into the solar system. The Apollo missions blazed a path for human exploration to the moon and today we are extending that path to near-Earth asteroids, Mars and beyond.

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