NASA may not be going to the moon anytime soon and its space shuttles are about to be retired, but it could conceivably increase the number of agency jobs under a new reorganization, NASA's chief said Thursday. ![]() In this Jblack-and-white file photo, taken from a television monitor, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudging across the surface of the moon. Four days later, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. Armstrong.Īpollo 11, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins after taking off from launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, July 16, 1969. The spacemen, from left, are Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin, Jr., and Neil A. The event marks the 30th anniversay of the first landing on the Moon.įamilies come and go from the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio.Īmid ticker tape and American flags, Apollo 11 astronauts wave to welcoming New Yorkers during parade up lower Broadway on Wednesday, in New York. The 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon mission is celebrated July 20, 1999.Īpollo 11 astronaut, and the first man to walk the moon, Neil Armstrong, left, holds the Langley Gold Medal after it was presented to him by Vice President Al Gore Tuesday, Jat a ceremony at the Smithsonian Air And Space Museum in Washington. Neil Armstrong steps into history Jby leaving the first human footprint on the surface of the moon. ![]() The first man to step on the moon is showered by confetti and he and his wife Jan and son Eric ride in the parade. ![]() Astronaut Neil Armstrong waves as he receives a hero's welcome in his hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio.
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