July 20th, 1969: One small step...

[roseembolism]

I can't believe that Google didn't have a cute logo to commemorate this.

I can vaguely remember the moon landings- in fact, seeing Neil Armstrong stepping out on the moon is really, my earliest memory.  Even back then, I remembered how important it was.  It may have been the most important date in the history of space exploration, a sobering, and somewhat sad thought.

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[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

Well, it may be more important to me, but really, this was the first time that someone stepped onto another planet. So for me, though Sputnik launched the space race, Apollo was the high tide point of it.