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Neil Armstrong
(5 Aug 1930 - )
American astronaut.
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Science Quotes by Neil Armstrong (3)
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.
— Neil Armstrong
Plaque left on the moon, 20 Jul 1969.
No matter when you had been to this spot before, a thousand years ago or a hundred thousand years ago, or if you came back to it a million years from now, you would see some different things each time, but the scene would be generally the same.
[Referring to the topography of the Moon.]
[Referring to the topography of the Moon.]
— Neil Armstrong
Co-author with Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Edwin E. Aldrin, Grace Farmer (ed.) and Dora Jane Hamblin (ed.), First on the Moon(1970), 297.
See also: | Moon (34)
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
Said as he stepped onto the Moon at 10.56 (G.M.T) on July 21st 1969. However, this is often misquoted as 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.' This was due to static during Armstrong's transmission to earth. The 'a' was left out of his statement, ruining the contrast he had made between one man 'a man' and all mankind 'man'.
Said as he stepped onto the Moon at 10.56 (G.M.T) on July 21st 1969. However, this is often misquoted as 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.' This was due to static during Armstrong's transmission to earth. The 'a' was left out of his statement, ruining the contrast he had made between one man 'a man' and all mankind 'man'.
— Neil Armstrong
Quoted in Nature, 1974, 250, 451. Information on the frequent misuse of this quote is given in Paul F. Boller and John George (eds.), They Never Said it: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes and Misleading Attributions (1989), 4-5.
