Remembering Apollo 11's historic landing on the moon

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July 20 marks the 55th anniversary of Apollo 11's historic landing on the moon back in 1969, when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their iconic first steps.

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00:00Apollo 11 was arguably one of the greatest achievements in all of humankind.

00:21We choose to go to the moon.

00:24We choose to go to the moon.

00:27We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they

00:32are easy, but because they are hard.

00:34That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

00:41Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon for the very first time, and we accomplished

00:47the goal, the national goal, of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

00:53It inspired an entire generation of young men, young women, to enter the field of science,

01:00technology, engineering, and math.

01:03It was a boost to our nation's posture all across the globe.

01:09It is an achievement that is going to be hard to beat.

01:13By studying the moon, we can learn more about the history of the earth and changes over

01:18time that have happened.

01:23NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

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