On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 touched down on the surface o..
Added 2024-07-20 11:00:22 +0000 UTCOn this day in 1969, Apollo 11 touched down on the surface of the moon, and a few short hours later, Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon.
It took NASA years to plan out 5 possible landing sites, none of which Apollo 11 landed on because it was going too fast upon descent. They landed just east of one of the intended sites, within the Sea of Tranquility, having only had about 25 seconds of fuel left to maneuver the craft onto the surface safely.
Each astronaut was permitted to bring a small bag of personal mementos with them aboard the spacecraft, which included tiny fragments from the original Wright brothers' plane.
I didn't have any good space-related sexy pics queued up for today's lesson (it's hurricane season here, so I'm not getting many good views of space) so I pulled on a 1960s dinner party dress, much like what an astronaut's wife might wear.
