NASA Celebrates Apollo 11’s First Moonwalk 45 Years Later by Broadcasting Restored Footage
NASA TV will broadcast Armstrong and Aldrin’s restored footage as they landed on the moon and display high-definition images on Sunday night of the lunar surface. This is their way of commemorating the historic occasion with a view to looking ahead to their “next giant leap” when they will put an astronaut eventually on Mars after putting him on an asteroid.
NASA will also rename a building in memory of the astronaut Neil Armstrong in the presence of the pilot of Apollo 11, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell the fellow moonwalkers. Aldrin will also be present in San Diego on 24 July which is the day the Apollo 11 returned to Earth 45 years ago. They will hold a panel discussion to talk about the Orion spacecraft which will enable humans into space along with the Space Launch System rocket.
Neil Armstrong was ecstatic when he reported that the mission was successful 45 years ago. He said “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” and the news coverage was huge when history was made and reports were published about humans landing and walking on a planetary body.
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