"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
45 Years ago today, Eagle, Apollo 11's Lunar Module with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin aboard, touched down on the surface of the Moon. They landed at approximately 20:17:40 UTC on July 20, 1969. Six hours later, they left the spacecraft and spent 2 hours, 31 minutes on the lunar surface, examining and photographing it, setting up some scientific experiment packages, and collecting 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of dirt and rock samples for return to Earth. They lifted off the surface on July 21 at 17:54 UTC.
Tranquility Base has remained unvisited since then.
The above image of the Moon was taken approximately 36 hours after the November 2012 total solar eclipse. The only other world that we humans have visited. So long ago.
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