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- Flight of Module 'Just Beautiful' ·, Al Ithe Way Down ,,_o_..._......._ I A:;~ronaut Nell A. Armstrong set foot on the moon Sunday at 9:56 p.m. (CDT), roughly ~ hoa:rs after the Apollo 11 luntr module E;ag)e touched down tn the surface 1ft, 1 3:17 p.zn , <to'r}. Armstrong climbed slowly down tbe .!line 1teps of ~ ladder at the side oJ the LM. He tald tbe ladder ,.,a,9 fu shadow. and worried about tlle qualily of television p~e4. Edw1n E. (Bim) Aldrin J r.,. who followed Atm.strw:lg fo the moon's sutface, Ba.id ~ Armstrong men&noo nie Jadder's position, "Sure wiah I'd shaved last night." Tbe Astronauits asked, and received pemmslon ~ map their walk three houra early. ' 1 , - ,i \\1:(l>bo4o !'agte landed on the moon at a:12 p.m. (CIY.r) ·wtuta ,Air Foree Lt. Col Colllns, lJ1 the comm8lld slllp ~-: brou,ht tl)em. continued to orblt the moon .awaiting tbi,r reunion 22 houl"$ later. Aldrin (left), Armstrong test space svits before historic fligh t. ..... (l\4UI«, \'th>~ , KOUS'l'ON - "Tran,u:ilm.y l l'faso ht-re, Tht ~ has ~mkld." ThJH! UU"JllAUl Neil , .\. rtn1>1rong, standlnt In the ,11dlnf, eraft catled Eagle bt· i. b crewmalc Ed'Nul E. ,uu) Aldrin Jr., btr.,n the • 1' st conversation between "t rth a!\111 the lllOOlt, Hece are exc11rp,.s1 )tl S $ 1 0 N C O NTROL: Roger, 'Tranquillity. We copy Y<itt on tlHI &n>\JI\D.. YO!l Cot a I JJ!Cb. of il!Yf . a'b<,ui ~., turn ,,fue. We,'re br&at~ :,.gain nb a lot." £ A G LE (Ar m ttrqng): (hank ,eu. Tbit mar have eemt(j ~ a very loo, fhul e. Tile a1.1to tnatlinf wa$ • king us ri(ht lilto a Coqtball• d•$ite uh, looth;JIJ.fltld– •ite ara•. 'I'litfe'• a lngt , timber cf ~ jpoulden and • ck.s for ab91G OQe ~ two i ater diameters ~round tt. nd it nqulred ua to plunk :own in pee lll'llll-automatk l ight] and Sy In manualty the rook flrld to ({nil I l •a801IUlbl; ~ area, We'll ii« to tbe dcl.lils af whal'!i UOWld bt!rc, but it lc,ou llk~ • c:olleellotl r,f jlltit · ,l>o!st every v•~ of rupe. sun angk, Jbout 10 degree, .tn,lllul~. fndSUlaritt , and I\IJl angle, Gr that nature. lt's every variety of ioek you pretty mueh without cowr. cou!d find. Tbe ~. wtll, 1, lt't gray, and it't teTJ ~ " ariC!l pretty 1D11Ch d4pending chalk)> crny a& you loo'lc #Ito '-'n bow )'ou'tt b,luog • ,. . the zero pbase line and It's e doesn't appeu to be too consWcnbly d, r k er ~r, aeh of a ceoeral cotor at m()t• mie u~. Mhen pay u 11; however, it loo)[s u you look out IIO deiree, to tbe broup 101ne or Ille row -' SWI. Som• of ~ su'l'tace oulders. of wblob tlltl'e are ~ks in clOte hert t.llat have u1te a few ID tlll near aru, been tractved or dl.s\tubed loolts u lbooeb Uiq'te go,. by the ~ enstne are 11g to ba11e aome mte:estill& eoat.ed wltta t1w1 licht frl7 on olou to them. the ou\Side, tMlt where the)''te EAGI.E {Aklnn): rd ut b«!n broken tlie1 dis,Play • ht color of the Ioc,I ftl'lac& d;lrk, v.ery dit.rk ,ray inter• 1:0 ver,., companble to 1b.t wt l'r • • •· ~~ Crom orbit at 1his ' MICHAEL COLLL'iS (IIOM ,A.Mr the landfall at 3:17.45 p.m. (CDT). A:rmstr~ rad1otd to f.be :Houston control room: , "Houatoa, 'franqulllity baae be?e. The EaC)e Jw lallded." . Aldrin brought ithelr ship to rest cm a Jan!, rock·sl.tewn plam ~~ t.be $0i\Jllw~~rn share of the :arid Sea of '1.'ra11quillily. j l ! Aldrin asked e~ne in the world to pa._, auit g1 a 10 the comm.ind all4> ~ed tb:mks for tile hallr Jandin.(. • Coh1mb!a): Sounda Bk• it l s-aking •-a ,.6,___,_ r...:. ... wt., looks a lot bew,r thin .It did .,.. "' .,_•-..,-,-- )-emrday it tti..t V.4!J'Y loW 1 ''1'his is the LH pilot. Vd~ t,. ~ flu$ opp~~it, t.o Silll &l)gle it roolr.ed mualt ~ ~ :isk lJVen;_, r !:~9Jl ~ . whoevei .1Ulit t,Jvller~ ~ a cob. ~ /J!!1'.Y be. "'in pause for ll m01nent..and col)~ the &\."On(s EAGI.!:. J; t Wh ~ reaUy i· J of the past I~w hours &Jtl to ',:be t.bada m his ar her OW1I ro u g ll, M,U;e, <t~ I.he r • (way." iarcetcd landil\g. ·area. n wu t It was iU.$t afte dawit on u.e mooo, •wltb the sun low mremely t1111g!t cra~d a»d '1; over the ea~ni hortion behind tbem and ~"- """'"' of ♦1.. !al'llt 11,11.lnW& Of rQt.k.$ th.. l ,_, '-tl4U ...., were l'fOb•b)y •~ man, ' .ong lunar niebt IC:ill dingini to the bouWers. •all crate:.{ large.i- than :i or 1cr · feet m and hills before them. &ite, lhl\ \fo'e dia. Aldritl said hit eould see "literally thou.und, ~~ • EAGLE (Mn~tron;'J: Y• t' craters" '8tld a low hill Olll the distance. He WR.$ ~SSl!d mlcht be bttet~led 14 tnd ntQst of 'all by tbe ''variety of shapes, angtiltuiu.ea gra 11 u, that I d<>tl'- W.rtk 1re DOttce lar iUes' 1 Qf U,.e rocks and JOU where the la~ C::.att ~ uy difbcu~ty ~t ~ i.a adapi- . set down. ing to l -6G IO !le-ili.th o( . The J.ant1,.... ttrth'.s ,n.vitfl.. lt secn,s im• ' -'e' ~a.me about fout mi.lea W98t of tbe original inedlattly nahital to mo-M in tar;el. 'l'he craft just missed ~ crater Uttered -1th bou!d~.5 this enYironmel\t 6A its approacti. ?.tC: B.o&er, Tm~tty, we About two hours after lauding, Armstrong told :tms&Jon copy, c>'t'er. control he .and Ald1•in wanted to stet the.Ir mo011 sf.iooll at 8 EAGLE U ri:o~tto°' '· You p.m, (COT), abelrt five boln'S e.ar !1er than scheduled. There ~ 'a ~ 1 .. 11\'tly kve1 ''We'll ,upport you any U11u,... Uld mission control. pt.lo. cratered_ willt a fairly large nwnber« crntfft, of the five to so root ~n,cy end some ridges, sm•lt 30, 30 feet b.igh, t would ..g1, .. 111- All'd littt– ally tllou,aDdl d little one and tWMOOt cttt._; arouiul the area. Wt,• let so~ a1111ular b l o <: "k • \CVeral bund.recJ f~ lD: fflillt of 118 I that are l)robably i.o feet in size .ad be~ an,ldar eci4ea, Tllere b a }11U .it :fle\ir .,uat abOI.¢ Oil ~ gr'08CI track ahead <f ~~ tl~t to t!lli· mate but mlibt be • h• • mile or • mlie EAGLE: Tk¥ ettYJ that add •~ wouldo't l)l'I ~le t.o tell ~~8'1taretta. wf~ lodaf, ].. Wel'e I little busy .,:,(r•~ ~ program -alal'ftl.i- •lld. Wnp Dke that m ~ p~rt of tu ~ scellt wber~ M, \li'Ollld nor- J,E .- PMe M .~ NASA Head Repom to Nixon Im~y after the landing, Or. Thomas o. Pa!DP, tllie adminlstrator of the National Aeronatl'Ucs and Spaeti Ad· mlnlstrat1on, telephoned Presidiant Nhon .tn Wubi,ogto;1 to report: "Mr. President, lt a xny honor OD behalf tit the entire NASA ieam to report to you that the Eagle hu land~ on ltbe Sea 9f Tr.nqalllity 8!ld our astronauts are safe llnd 1 looklng fonrarct to ~g the ~ration of tbe moon." Pl'esldent Nixon, wbo watched the news of the mding irom bis war.ting office tn the E¥ecutive Office Building .next door to the White House, aeDt his personal congratuJati<ms. Hr, Nixon said the .hour before ~ a.strouuats landed 1 "wa, one of the greatest moments of our time." The last 22 seconds Wffl! tti. longe.st he ever ll\.'ed through- they felt like a half an hour, be said, Whi~ Bo~ ~ess secretary, Roaald L. Zieg~ provi~ the pre&ldentlal qijoles after liit&ning in on 1ome of the conversatlQII Mr. Nixon bad ,vith varlo\1.'I officials after tbe touefl.down. Amon1 them wen Secretary of ltate William P. Rogers and Apollo 8 ut:(onaut Frank Borman Ziegler said the prestde!lt tokl Bogen:, ••The success or tb.1s operation wm bave an immediate fa~abl& rcactfon around the world and will bring Dl!Ople o.f the world cJoeer together." f".