56 years and 1 day ago, Americans walked on the moon

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On this day in 1972, astronaut Eugene Cernan becomes the last person to walk on the moon. Both he and Harrison Schmitt completed the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission

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Apollo 11 Mission image - Astronaut Edwin Aldrin poses beside the U.S. flag that has been placed on the moon.

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The only full body picture taken of Neil Armstrong on the moon

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49 years ago today Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the surface of another heavenly body. Here is an iconic photo of Buzz next to the leg of the lander taken by Neil

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Jim Irwin with the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon. Mons Hadley is in the background. Taken on 31 July 1971

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49 years ago today Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to set foot on another heavenly body. In honor of that I thought I’d post an iconic image of Buzz standing at the base of the Lunar Lander “Eagle” photographed by Neil. [4062X4265]

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How hard was it to fly, operate and land Apollo landing module?

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52 years ago this week during the Apollo 17 mission, Harrison H. Schmitt took a break from moon walking to pose with the American flag and Earth.

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Apollo 17 Harrison "Jack" Schmitt took a break from moon walking to pose with the American flag and Earth, December 1972

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Can the mods please make moon landings denial a bannable offense?

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All of humanity in one picture except for Michael Collins. Apollo 11, July 1969 [4095 x 4095]

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Michael Collins, the astronaut who took this photo, is the only human, alive or dead that isn’t in the frame of this picture, 1969.