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Moon Landing by Katie

On 21st July 1969 – 40 years ago – Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon. As he put his left foot down first, Armstrong declared: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong described the moon’s surface as being like powdered charcoal; he also said that when the spacecraft landed, it formed a crater about a foot deep!Photograph Of Edwin Aldrin stepping onto the moon from the Eagle landing craft
Neil Armstrong used his first few minutes on the moon taking photo’s and soil samples, just in case the mission had to be suddenly aborted. He was joined by his colleague Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin on the moon at 3:15 in the morning, and they both collected data, and performed various exercises that included jumping around the moon! They planted the Stars and Stripes flag at 3:41 in the morning.
 When they had finished filming their experience on the moon, the two astronauts received a message from the US President; Richard Nixon. President Nixon was very impressed with the astronauts and said: "This certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made." Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin spent a total of 21 hours on the Moon, two and a half of them outside the landing place.