Bigger and brighter than anything else you can see from Earth in the night sky, the moon has inspired our calendar, our songs, our art, our stories, and our dreams. Today, on National Moon Day, we remember one dream that came true on this date in 1969: the day humans first set foot on the lunar surface. So far, it"s the only place beyond our planet that humans have visited.
National Moon Day
Today in History
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Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
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White trilliums blooming in Ontario, Canada
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The Vestibule at Diocletian s Palace, Split, Croatia
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Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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Wanderin Wawayanda
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Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
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Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
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Infant Sumatran orangutan, Indonesia
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Homeward bound
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Happy Easter!
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Stompin’ with the Big Chief
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Celebrating Pie Day is as easy as, well…
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Southern right whales sail home to South Africa
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Badlands National Park turns 44
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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Valentines Day
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Agüero, Huesca province, Spain
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International Geodiversity Day
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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Chicagohenge
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Martinique
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Daintree Rainforest and Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
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By the light of the fireflies
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Lunar eclipse
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Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Zion National Park Turns 100
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An improbable tribute for Towel Day
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Milky Way over Zabriskie Point, California
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Meandering through Patagonia
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Surf s always up in Paia