Manned Lunar Landing
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First Day of Issue: May 29, 1992; First Issue Location: Chicago, Illinois. So near, yet so far, the Moon has beckoned to the men of Earth since the dawn of time. A mere 240,000 miles from Earth, it's right next door by celestial standards. Yet it wasn't until 1969 that men finally reached out and touched the satellite some had said was made of "green cheese." On July 20 of that year, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin radioed back to Earth: "Houston. Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Soon after touchdown, Armstrong stepped out onto the surface of the Moon, saying "That's one small step for a man; a giant leap for mankind." This profound statement was followed by two-and-a-half hours of intense activity outside the Lunar Module as Armstrong and Aldrin gathered 45 pounds of rock samples, took dozens of photographs and set up a seismometer to measure "moon quakes." Armstrong, fascinated by the view, took so many snapshots that Mission Control had to remind him four times to get on with his other tasks Dean Ellis |
