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July 20, 2022

Composite photo showing the phases of the moon

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One giant leap for mankind. National Moon Day

Bigger and brighter than anything else you can see from Earth in the night sky, the moon has inspired our calendar, our songs, our art, our stories, and our dreams. Today, on National Moon Day, we remember one dream that came true on this date in 1969: the day humans first set foot on the lunar surface. So far, it's the only place beyond our planet that humans have visited.

Fifty-three years ago, millions of people around the world watched NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong step out of the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle and onto the surface of the moon. Fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin followed him 19 minutes later, and the pair spent more than two hours exploring the landing site and collecting samples of lunar material. A third astronaut, Michael Collins, flew the command module that took them back to Earth and did not have a moon walk of his own. The three astronauts of the Apollo 11 spaceflight spent eight days in space before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. The moon landing gave the US a victory in the space race with the Soviets.

The moon is Earth's only natural satellite, orbiting our planet about every 28 days, in what we refer to as a lunar cycle. The moon has virtually no atmosphere, no evidence of life, no water, no sound, and very low gravity. It is literally a dusty ball of rock. Yet, the moon stabilizes Earth's wobble on its axis and therefore moderates our climate. Most scientists believe it was formed out of debris ejected from Earth after a massive collision with another planet-like body. If that's true, the moon is part of Earth, inextricably linked to it forever.

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