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.
U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong smiles in the lunar module after his historic moonwalk..... Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on August 25, 2012.
Neil 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.
The 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.
The 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.
Apollo 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.
Portrait 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.
Neil 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.
Neil Armstrong poses with an X-15 aircraft at the Dryden Flight Research Center in California, in this undated handout photo courtesy of NASA.
Apollo 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.
U.S. Astronaut Neil Armstrong turns towards the lunar module on the moon.
This 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.
This 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. His family said on August 25, 2012. Apollo 11 fellow astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin took this photo.
The 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.
This 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.
The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
Neil 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.
Astronaut 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.
Apollo 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).
This 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.
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