By akademiotoelektronik, 07/04/2022

Minute-by-minute account of July 21, 1969, the day of the first step on the Moon

Here is the story of a fantastic human adventure.

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By Pierre De Vuyst
Reading time: 10 mins

On this mild night of Monday July 21, 1969, many Belgians did not go to sleep. They are even far from dozing, all excited by the images of the event broadcast live for some 600 million viewers around the world from a place located far from home, 400,000 km and dust (of stars) away: the Moon! Yes, that night, at 3 hours 56 minutes and 20 seconds Belgian time, a man set foot on the lunar ground, delivering a message not very well understood at the time: "A small step for man, a giant leap for Humanity”…

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Récit minute par minute du 21 juillet 1969, jour du premier pas sur la Lune

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