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|  |   | On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplishedits single greatest technological achievement of all time when a humanfirst set foot on another celestial body.
Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern DaylightTime (with less than 30 seconds of fuel remaining), Neil A. Armstrong tookthe �Small Step� into our greater future when he stepped off the LunarModule, named �Eagle,� onto the surface of the Moon, from which he couldlook up and see Earth in the heavens as no one had done before him.
He was shortly joined by �Buzz� Aldrin, and the two astronauts         spent 21 hours on the lunar surface and returned 46 pounds of lunar rocks.         After their historic walks on the Moon, they successfully docked with         the Command Module �Columbia,� in which Michael Collins was patiently         orbiting the cold but no longer lifeless Moon.  
To download the Apollo 11 30th Anniversary logo, click here.
updated: ***September 20, 2002***curator: Steve Garber at the NASA History Officedesign: Chris Pysz at NASA Headquarters Printing andDesign BranchQuestions: [email protected]
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