Today marks nine decades since, representing all mankind, Neil Armstrong stepped on the first surface of the moon. At 3 hours and 56 minutes from the Spanish early morning of July 21, 1969, journalist Jesús Hermida translated for Spain, in a trembling voice, the famous words of Armstrong: "That's one small step for man, one giant step for Humanity. "
The "Apollo XI" mission, which lifted off from Cape Canaveral on July 16, was intended to fulfill the promise that, in 1961, did President John Fitzgerald Kennedy ensuring sending a man to the moon, after the Soviet successes in space race. In full "cold war", the Russians had launched the first satellite into space, Sputnik (1957), and the first manned flight by a man, Yuri Gagarin, in 1961.
The men responsible for the USA to win the space race were Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. As they strolled through the "Sea of Tranquility" teammate Michael Collins was waiting to board the "Columbia" module. The "Eagle" landed on the satellite at 21 hours and 18 minutes Spanish time on Saturday 20th July. Circulating the story that, just then, someone placed on Kennedy's grave in Arlington Cemetery Washington a wreath in which read: "Mr. President, the 'Eagle' has landed."
The event set a record television audience, saw more than half a billion viewers around the world, while in Spain thousands of families stayed glued to the TV in the early morning following the Spanish broadcast TV, the only network then.
FARO DE VIGO reported the historic moment on 21 through the newspaper Monday that time-in the general newspapers did not come out the Monday-and FARO Deportivo was called. Despite its sporting vocation, eco milestone dedicating much of the cover with the title "Armstrong first on the moon" and recalling the start of the news became the words American astronaut said: "This is a small step for man but a giant leap for mankind. "
On day 22, the FARO-led by Álvaro Cunqueiro- again dedicate the cover indicating that Armstrong and Aldrin brought lunar samples back to Earth.
Now, decades later, the American Space Agency (NASA) is preparing an exciting menu featuring over orbital missions to send a crew to Mars.
"NASA will design capabilities to send humans to explore the solar system, with the goal of sending crew to an asteroid in the next decade, and that humans reach Mars in the 2030s," said the old astronaut and current director Charles Bolden.
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