PostHeaderIcon Moon Landing, 40 years after






In a thought-provoking file photo of the three brave American heroes who made a “great leap” for mankind during the first lunar landing, the world contemplates on the day when Apollo 11 visited the moon, earth's nearest luminescent neighbor.

In the mission was Neil Armstrong, (L,) the Mission Commander and first man to ever walk on the moon. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, (R) who was the Lunar Module Pilot also made shoe-marks on the sandy surface of the enigmatic heavenly body in our solar system. Michael Collins, (C) was the Command Module pilot.

It was on July 16, 1969, 40 years ago, when the first humans landed on the moon from its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

As the challenge of the sky continues to beckon to the world, we come to think of the very planet where we live. In spite of advances in science, there are places on earth which are barely understood and remain to be explored.

There are human problems here greater than the concerns we have in deciphering the mysteries of the solar system and the universe. Surely though, we aren't prevented to look up into the heavens--- dream of star dusts, comets, and far away places beyond the stretch of our competencies and limitless imagination. (Photo Credit: Reuters/ Nasa x 2; Reuters/ Neil Armstrong) =0=

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