REMEMBER THE "WALK" THAT CHANGED THE WAY WE LOOK AT SPACE ?

Can you remember where you were and who you were with ?
How did you feel ?
Well, here's some quick information about Apollo 11's historic landing on the Moon, July 20, 1969.
Maybe it will help you travel back when Americans truly did have "Stars" in their eyes !

• United States astronauts landed on the moon July 20, 1969.
• It's estimated that a half billion television viewers saw it all happen.
• Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon declaring "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
• Lt. Col. Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were the astronauts who manned Apollo11.
• The astronauts planted a U.S. flag and plaque on the Moon's surface saying "Here men from the plant Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 20, 1969.  We came in peace for all mankind."
• The mineral armacolite, discovered during the first Moon landing and laterfound at various locations on Earth, was named after the three Apollo astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
• Afterreturning to Earth, the astronauts were put in quarantine for three weeks for fear they may have brought back unknown pathogens from the Moon.
• The Apollo Space Program was given $25.4 billion, around $150 in today's money.