Fly me to the moon 1969

§ July 19th, 2009 § Filed under events, extraordinary, News Features, Science & Technology, World News § Tagged 40th anniversary celebration on apollo 11, Apollo 11 mission, astronaut Edwin, first moon landing, July 20 moon landing, moonwalker, US flag on the moon § No Comments

‘One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind’

In this July 20, 1969 photo, astronaut Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin Jr. poses beside a US flag on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Aldrin and fellow ‘moonwalker’ Neil Armstrong gathered Friday with other Apollo astronauts as part of the first moon landing’s 40th anniversary celebration.