The price of "lunar" prestige
Neil Armstrong and Bazz Oldrin hoisting the US flag on the moon. July 20, 1969 45 years ago, the first astronaut stepped to the surface of the moon. Since then, the "lunar program" of humanity has advanced nearby On July 21, 1969, two crew members of the Apollo-11 spacecraft, the commander of the Nile Armstrong and astronaut Bazz Oldrin, put their lunar module in the sea of calm on the moon. They remained on the surface of the Earth’s space satellite 21 hours, 36 minutes and 21 seconds.