To prepare him for landing the lunar module, Neil Armstrong practiced on a training vehicle, right here on Earth. It was designed to replicate flying within a gravitational pull that was 1/6 that of Earth. 🎥Apollo's Moonshot | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

This rare television clip shows Buzz Aldrin carefully descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module and stepping onto the Moon on July 20, 1969. 🌑 Moments earlier, Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on another world. As Aldrin followed, he famously described the scene as “magnificent desolation.” Broadcast live to millions on Earth, this grainy black-and-white footage captured one of humanity’s greatest achievements — proving that humans could leave Earth, land on the Moon, and