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

April 16, 1972, #Apollo16 launched to the moon! It was NASA's 5th lunar landing & the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Onboard were: John Young, commander, Ken Mattingly, command module pilot & Charlie Duke, lunar module pilot. Read more: https://buff.ly/2IVXaak | Space.com