Tag: Apollo 11

• Footprints on the Moon (Science Advent 10)

  (Every day until Christmas, I’ll be posting a science-related image.) Day 10 Humans have only set foot on one other world: the Moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first to walk on the Moon, on July 20, 1969. They collected rock and dust samples to bring back to Earth, but…

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 11, 2012

  Astronomy, Physics, and Related Fields

  Advent 2012, Apollo 11, Moon landings, Space exploration