One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

Forty years ago today, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon. In honor of this anniversary, here’s a nice little (also world-changing and historic) video: I’ll be honest, it gets me a little choked up and goose-bumpy to watch it. As do these A-mazing pictures. According to the NASA website, […]

Forty years ago today, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon. In honor of this anniversary, here’s a nice little (also world-changing and historic) video:

I’ll be honest, it gets me a little choked up and goose-bumpy to watch it. As do these A-mazing pictures.

According to the NASA website, Armstrong actually set foot on the moon at around 10:56pm EDT. I suggest that around that time tonight you all head outside and take a minute to think about how crazy/incredible that moment was.

And let’s talk about how awesome the Apollo 11 insignia is:

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Valerie Catrow

Valerie Catrow is editor of RVAFamily, mother to a mop-topped first grader, and always really excited to go to bed.

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