03-Oct-2009, 05:11 PM
What were the first words spoken by a human being on
the Moon?
And no, they weren't the 'one small step' quote.
Buzz Aldrin actually has the honour of having made the
first utterance when, as the legs of the Lunar Lander
touched down he reported to mission control, "Contact
light."
Only 12 men have (so far) landed on the Moon and
returned safely to Earth: Armstrong, Aldrin, Conrad,
Bean, Shepard, Mitchell, Scott, Irwin, Young, Duke,
Cernan and Schmitt.
A 13th, in one sense, is still there. Geologist and
Astronomer Eugene Shoemaker's ashes were crash landed
aboard NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft on 31st July
1999, making his the only human remains on the Moon.
the Moon?
And no, they weren't the 'one small step' quote.
Buzz Aldrin actually has the honour of having made the
first utterance when, as the legs of the Lunar Lander
touched down he reported to mission control, "Contact
light."
Only 12 men have (so far) landed on the Moon and
returned safely to Earth: Armstrong, Aldrin, Conrad,
Bean, Shepard, Mitchell, Scott, Irwin, Young, Duke,
Cernan and Schmitt.
A 13th, in one sense, is still there. Geologist and
Astronomer Eugene Shoemaker's ashes were crash landed
aboard NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft on 31st July
1999, making his the only human remains on the Moon.