2 men leave footprints on moon

Two men walked on the moon to-day [July 21]. They were U.S. astronauts, Neil Armstrong (38) and Edwin Aldrin (39), the first men to leave their footprints on the dusty, rocky surface of the moon where they landed in the Lunar Module Eagle at 1-47 a.m. (I.S.T.) to-day [July 21]. After completing the tasks set for them, the astronauts again took off successfully to rejoin the command ship. Armstrong set foot on the moon first at 8-27 I.S.T. and Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later. Millions of people all over the world, quarter of a million miles away watched them on television as they walked slowly and warily at first and as they gained confidence, jumping, bouncing and Kangaroo-hopping gaily in front of their landing craft taking advantage of reduced gravity. They stayed in the open for two and half hours carrying out meticulously all the tasks assigned to them and then returned to the Eagle. Armstrong stepped out of the lunar module, Eagle and put his left foot down on the moon with the words “this is one small step tor man, but one giant leap for mankind.” The sun was then just rising over the lunar horizon where the days and nights are 14 days long and temperatures range from a scorching 250 degrees centigrade above to a frigid 280 degrees below zero.

Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/2-men-leave-footprints-on-moon/article28631068.ece

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