Moon Walk Triumph Splendors By Armstrong and Aldrin
Two Americans lifted from the moon in the first lunar ascent, Armstrong and Aldrin left footprints and a flag in Tranquillity Base. Collins stayed in orbit aboard the command ship Columbia as the trio prepared for the return journey.
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AP Aerospace
Space Center
Houston
Moon
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin A. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Aldrin
Eagle
Armstrong
Tranquillity
Columbia
Collins
Earth
Pacific
Russia
Moon Mission Finds Rich Variety Of Rocks And Moist Soil
Apollo astronauts report diverse lunar rocks including basalt and biotite and a five inch core sample of soil that looks moist suggesting possible water. They set a seismometer, tested low gravity adaptation, and found a crater area offering deep rock samples for study.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
Space Center
Houston
Moon
David McKay
Manned Spacecraft Center
Willard R. Hawkins
Neil Armstrong
Clifford Charlesworth
Edwin Aldrin
Gerard P. Kuiper
University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Flagstaff
Wisconsin react to moon landing across many views
Television linked Earth to the moon as Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface. In Milwaukee Racine and Marion demonstrations tied to civil rights and the Apollo event with various observers tuning in or protesting, including a Legion parade stoppage and a bartender reacting to the broadcast.
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Columbus
Balboa
Magellan
da Gama
Byrd
Armstrong
Aldrin
Moon
Wisconsin
June Hoffman
Menomonee Falls
Winter Haven
Fla
James E. Groppi
Neil A. Armstrong
Racine Explorers
Milwaukee
Milwau
Marion
Ind
James Lovell Kee
American Legion
Space Center
Apollo
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Mission Control
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Moon Landing
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