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The Apollo 11 moon landing, 45 years on: Looking back at mankinds giant leap

2014-07-21 15:32:13| Extremetech

On July 20, 1969 -- 45 years and one day ago -- Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin would soon follow suit and climb down the ladder of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (the Eagle), and the pair would then spend two and a half hours being the first ever humans to explore the surface of another world. Let's take a retrospective look at some of the awesome photos from Apollo 11, and explore some of the fun (and perhaps lesser-known) factoids from the mission.

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