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Gerald
08-20-10, 07:04 AM
A Walk on the Moon.Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong (who took this legendary photo of Aldrin) become the first human beings to set foot on the lunar surface, July 20, 1969.

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/23206/life-covers-the-space-race
Platapus
08-20-10, 08:15 AM
Space trivia: There is an error on number on one of those pages

Anyone catch it? :know:
Gerald
08-20-10, 08:45 AM
Space trivia: There is an error on number on one of those pages

Anyone catch it? :know: or aliens :hmmm: OK! Wise guy show me,I am a bit tired today :yawn:
Subnuts
08-20-10, 08:53 AM
Space trivia: There is an error on number on one of those pages

Anyone catch it? :know:

"He and Gus Grissom were the only two men to fly in all three of NASA's first manned missions to space."

Yeah, that was some "flight" Gus had on Apollo 1. :dead:
Gerald
08-20-10, 08:59 AM
"He and Gus Grissom were the only two men to fly in all three of NASA's first manned missions to space."

Yeah, that was some "flight" Gus had on Apollo 1. :dead: :up:
Platapus
08-20-10, 09:37 AM
Correct :yeah: Grissom was engaged in a test called Apollo 204. It was out of respect for the tragic deaths of the three astronauts that Apollo 204 was renamed Apollo 1.

But it did not fly.