It was 50 years ago that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to feel an alien gravity tugging at them. By landing on the moon on July 20, 1969, a mere 66 years after the first powered flight by the Wright brothers, the two astronauts met the challenge set by John F. Kennedy seven years earlier to land men on the moon before the end of the decade.
Bringing the moon to Earth
Today in History
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Burrowing owls
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Celebrating sea otters
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Find a Rainbow Day
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Across the great plains of Africa
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Take the stairs
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Nature Photography Day
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Why do elephants hide in trees?
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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National Llama Day
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Satellite image of sand and seaweed in the Bahamas
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Illuminations on the Gulf of Poets
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Valentines Day
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Belgium celebrates its independence
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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Ready for takeoff
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From garden to table?
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A whale of a hug
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Stop and see the flowers
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Wyoming celebrates its statehood