As New Horizons continues its journey into the unexplored void beyond Pluto, today marks another historic landmark in space exploration. Forty-six years ago today, three astronauts with the Apollo 11 mission were the first to ever land humankind on our moon.
This file photo from May of 1969 shows the astronaut crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Left to right are commander Neil A. Armstrong, commander module pilot Michael Collins, and lunar module lunar module pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, poses in his spacesuit in July, 1969.
US astronaut Neil Armstrong rehearses for his moon walk in Cape Kennedy Space Center 15 July, 1969, the day before launching.
This photo dated 16 July, 1969, shows Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon, at Kennedy Space Center in Houston with fellow crew members Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin before their lunar mission.
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Neil Armstrong descends the ladder of the Lunar Module.
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Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong walks slowly away from the lunar module to explore the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969.
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In this July 20, 1969 black-and-white file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong trudges across the surface of the moon.
Picture taken from the Apollo 11 Lunar Module showing the footprints of astronauts Neil A. Armstrong or Edwin E. Aldrin on the surface of the moon, 21 July, 1969.
Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses during Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. Taken by fellow astronaut Neil A. Armstrong with a 70 mm Hasselblad lunar surface camera in an area called the Sea of Tranquility, this 20 July, 1969 file photo shows the Lunar Module (LM) on the left, with the footprints of the astronauts clearly visible in the foreground. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the LM known as the "Eagle," astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar-orbit.
Taken by Neil Armstrong, this photo taken on 21 July, 1969 shows astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. walking on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module.
Taken by Neil Armstrong, this photo shows Edwin E. Aldrin near the Lunar Module before conducting scientific experiments on the surface of the moon
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin is seen conducting experiment on the moon's surface in a picture taken by Neil Armstrong soon after both climbed down the ladder of the lunar module "Eagle" on July 21, 1969. This photograph is the first in a sequence of pictures Neil took of Buzz carrying the EASEP out to the deployment site just south of the spacecraft.
Buzz Aldrin is seen conducting experiments on the moon's surface in a picture taken by Neil Armstrong after both climbed down the ladder of the lunar module "Eagle" on July 21, 1969, becoming the first men in history to set foot on the moon's surface.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong is seen smiling at the camera aboard the lunar module "Eagle" on July 21, 1969, after spending more than 2½ hours on the lunar surface. After roughly seven hours of rest aboard "Eagle", they were awakened by Houston to prepare for the return flight to rejoin Michael Collins aboard "Columbia" in lunar orbit.
Ground control to Major Tom: Within the mobile quarantine facility, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong plays guitar en route to the Manned Spacecraft Center on 26 July, 1969.
Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova, the first female cosmonaut in the world and USSR Pilot Cosmonaut, presents a badge to U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong in memory of his visit to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City.
Neil Armstrong poses during a TV show, on July 10, 1979, in Paris.
