'One Giant Leap': As Apollo 11 Moon Landing Turns 45, NASA Aims for Mars

Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 07:00 in Astronomy & Space

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong clambered down the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar lander and pressed his boot into the moon's gray dirt — a simple step that stands as perhaps the most memorable moment in all of human history.

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