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First walk on the moon
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Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong were the first men to walk on the lunar surface with temperatures ranging from 243 degrees above to 279 degrees below zero. Astronaut Michael Collins flew the command module. The trio was launched to the moon by a Saturn V launch vehicle at 9:32 a.m. EDT, July 16, 1969. They departed the moon July 21, 1969. (AP Photo/NASA/Neil A. Armstrong)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descends steps of Lunar Module ladder as he prepares to walk on the moon, July 20, 1969. This picture was taken by astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Commander, with a 70mm surface camera. (AP Photo/NASA/Neil A. Armstrong)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
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A footprint left by one of the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission shows in the soft, powder surface of the moon on July 20, 1969. Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Air Force Col. Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon after blastoff from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on July 16, 1969. They headed back home from the lunar surface on July 21, 1969. The end of man's first voyage to another planet ended with a splashdown 950 miles southwest of Hawaii, thus achieving President John F.Kennedy's challenge to land men on the moon before the end of the 1960s. (AP Photo/NASA)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
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Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong walks slowly away from the lunar module to explore the surface of the moon, July 20, 1969. (AP Photo)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
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In this July 20, 1969 black-and-white file photo, taken from a television monitor, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudging across the surface of the moon. Edwin E. Aldrin is seen closer to the craft. NASA may not be going to the moon anytime soon and its space shuttles are about to be retired, but it could conceivably increase the number of agency jobs under a new reorganization, NASA's chief said Thursday. (AP Photo, File)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
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In this July 16, 1999 file photo, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, left, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin field questions in a replica of an Apollo mission control room at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Aldrin, 84, is asking everyone to remember where they were when he and Armstrong became the first humans to walk on the moon and to share their memories online. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
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In this July 24, 1969 file photo, President Richard Nixon, right, greets the Apollo 11 astronauts in the quarantine van on board the U.S.S. Hornet after splashdown and recovery. The Apollo 11 crew from left are Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Armstrong and Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after blastoff from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on July 16, 1969. (AP Photo, File)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
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An estimated 10,000 persons gather to watch giant television screens in New York's Central Park and cheer as astronaut Neil Armstrong takes man's first step on the moon on July 20, 1969. The Apollo 11 lunar mission was launched July 16. (AP Photo)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, prepares to deploy the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) during Apollo 11 lunar surface extravehicular activity, July 20, 1969. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70 mm lunar surface camera. Aldrin is removing the EASEP from its stowed position. (AP Photo/NASA/Neil A. Armstrong)
Apollo 13 splashdown anniversary
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Apollo 13 astronauts are shown at Cape Kennedy, Fla., before embarking on their space flight that has turned into a desperate attempt to return home to earth. From left are: Flight Commander Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and John Swigert. Photo taken April 14, 1970. (AP Photo)
Apollo 13 splashdown anniversary
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In this April 11, 1970 file photo, Apollo 13 commander James A. Lovell Jr., foreground, speaks during a news conference in Cape Kennedy, Fla. before the spacecraft launched on its ill-fated journey to the moon. At center is astronaut Fred Haise. NASA is questioning whether Lovell has the right to sell a 70-page checklist from the flight that includes his handwritten calculations crucial in guiding the damaged spacecraft back to Earth. The document sold at a November auction for $388,000. (AP Photo)
Apollo 13 splashdown anniversary
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Safely aboard the prime recovery ship, USS Iwo Jima, astronauts James Lovell, squatting, and John Swigert, inspect the Apollo 13 command module that carried them to a safe splashdown in the South Pacific, Friday, April 17, 1970. The command module was carried to the hanger deck of the Iwo Jima after being hoisted aboard the vessel following the pick up of the three astronauts on Friday. (AP Photo)
Apollo 13 splashdown anniversary
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Members of the Apollo 13 crew astronauts, James A Lovell command pilot, Thomas K. Mattingly command module pilot and Fred W. Haise, lunar module pilot walk down the ramp from the crew quarters to a van that will transport them to the Apollo 13 launch site, March 26, 1970 at Cape Kennedy in Florida. The Apollo 13 astronauts are in the final count down demonstration before they blast off to the moon on April 11th. (AP Photo)
Anniversary of the first American in space
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Space man Alan B. Shepard Jr., removes his space suit aboard the carrier Lake Champlain, May 5, 1961 to which he was taken by helicopter after his space capsule landed down range from Cape Canaveral in the Atlantic Ocean. (AP Photo)
Anniversary of the first American in space
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Anniversary of the first American in space
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Astronaut Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961. (AP Photo)
Famous female space explorers
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Christa McAuliffe: A teacher from New Hampshire, Christa McAuliffe was selected to be the first teacher in space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. However, McAuliffe and six other astronauts perished on live TV on Jan. 28, 1986, when their space shuttle broke apart shortly after launch. (AP Photo)
Famous female space explorers
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Sunita Williams:Â Beginning her career as a NASA astronaut in 1998, Sunita Williams currently holds the records for the most days spent in space and the longest spacewalk by a female astronaut. As of July 2012, Williams is currently in space participating in an expedition conducted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (NASA)
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Margaret Rhea Seddon: Among one of the first groups of women selected to go into space, Margaret Rhea Seddon became the first female medical doctor to be an astronaut. Since 1985, she has participated in three shuttle missions. (NASA)
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First walk on the moon
- NEIL A. ARMSTRONG
Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong were the first men to walk on the lunar surface with temperatures ranging from 243 degrees above to 279 degrees below zero. Astronaut Michael Collins flew the command module. The trio was launched to the moon by a Saturn V launch vehicle at 9:32 a.m. EDT, July 16, 1969. They departed the moon July 21, 1969. (AP Photo/NASA/Neil A. Armstrong)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
- NEIL A. ARMSTRONG
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descends steps of Lunar Module ladder as he prepares to walk on the moon, July 20, 1969. This picture was taken by astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Commander, with a 70mm surface camera. (AP Photo/NASA/Neil A. Armstrong)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
- Anonymous
A footprint left by one of the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission shows in the soft, powder surface of the moon on July 20, 1969. Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Air Force Col. Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon after blastoff from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on July 16, 1969. They headed back home from the lunar surface on July 21, 1969. The end of man's first voyage to another planet ended with a splashdown 950 miles southwest of Hawaii, thus achieving President John F.Kennedy's challenge to land men on the moon before the end of the 1960s. (AP Photo/NASA)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
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In this July 20, 1969 black-and-white file photo, taken from a television monitor, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudging across the surface of the moon. Edwin E. Aldrin is seen closer to the craft. NASA may not be going to the moon anytime soon and its space shuttles are about to be retired, but it could conceivably increase the number of agency jobs under a new reorganization, NASA's chief said Thursday. (AP Photo, File)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
- Terry Renna
In this July 16, 1999 file photo, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, left, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin field questions in a replica of an Apollo mission control room at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Aldrin, 84, is asking everyone to remember where they were when he and Armstrong became the first humans to walk on the moon and to share their memories online. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
- STF
In this July 24, 1969 file photo, President Richard Nixon, right, greets the Apollo 11 astronauts in the quarantine van on board the U.S.S. Hornet after splashdown and recovery. The Apollo 11 crew from left are Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Armstrong and Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after blastoff from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on July 16, 1969. (AP Photo, File)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
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An estimated 10,000 persons gather to watch giant television screens in New York's Central Park and cheer as astronaut Neil Armstrong takes man's first step on the moon on July 20, 1969. The Apollo 11 lunar mission was launched July 16. (AP Photo)
Anniversary of first walk on the moon
- NEIL A. ARMSTRONG
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, prepares to deploy the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) during Apollo 11 lunar surface extravehicular activity, July 20, 1969. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70 mm lunar surface camera. Aldrin is removing the EASEP from its stowed position. (AP Photo/NASA/Neil A. Armstrong)
Apollo 13 splashdown anniversary
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Apollo 13 astronauts are shown at Cape Kennedy, Fla., before embarking on their space flight that has turned into a desperate attempt to return home to earth. From left are: Flight Commander Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and John Swigert. Photo taken April 14, 1970. (AP Photo)
Apollo 13 splashdown anniversary
- Anonymous
In this April 11, 1970 file photo, Apollo 13 commander James A. Lovell Jr., foreground, speaks during a news conference in Cape Kennedy, Fla. before the spacecraft launched on its ill-fated journey to the moon. At center is astronaut Fred Haise. NASA is questioning whether Lovell has the right to sell a 70-page checklist from the flight that includes his handwritten calculations crucial in guiding the damaged spacecraft back to Earth. The document sold at a November auction for $388,000. (AP Photo)
Apollo 13 splashdown anniversary
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Safely aboard the prime recovery ship, USS Iwo Jima, astronauts James Lovell, squatting, and John Swigert, inspect the Apollo 13 command module that carried them to a safe splashdown in the South Pacific, Friday, April 17, 1970. The command module was carried to the hanger deck of the Iwo Jima after being hoisted aboard the vessel following the pick up of the three astronauts on Friday. (AP Photo)
Apollo 13 splashdown anniversary
- Anonymous
Members of the Apollo 13 crew astronauts, James A Lovell command pilot, Thomas K. Mattingly command module pilot and Fred W. Haise, lunar module pilot walk down the ramp from the crew quarters to a van that will transport them to the Apollo 13 launch site, March 26, 1970 at Cape Kennedy in Florida. The Apollo 13 astronauts are in the final count down demonstration before they blast off to the moon on April 11th. (AP Photo)
Anniversary of the first American in space
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Space man Alan B. Shepard Jr., removes his space suit aboard the carrier Lake Champlain, May 5, 1961 to which he was taken by helicopter after his space capsule landed down range from Cape Canaveral in the Atlantic Ocean. (AP Photo)
Famous female space explorers
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Christa McAuliffe: A teacher from New Hampshire, Christa McAuliffe was selected to be the first teacher in space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. However, McAuliffe and six other astronauts perished on live TV on Jan. 28, 1986, when their space shuttle broke apart shortly after launch. (AP Photo)
Famous female space explorers
Sunita Williams:Â Beginning her career as a NASA astronaut in 1998, Sunita Williams currently holds the records for the most days spent in space and the longest spacewalk by a female astronaut. As of July 2012, Williams is currently in space participating in an expedition conducted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (NASA)
Famous female space explorers
Margaret Rhea Seddon: Among one of the first groups of women selected to go into space, Margaret Rhea Seddon became the first female medical doctor to be an astronaut. Since 1985, she has participated in three shuttle missions. (NASA)
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