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Image description: Forty three years ago today, two Americans became the first humans to walk on the moon. Here you see Neil Armstrong working at an equipment storage area on the surface of the moon. This is one of the few photos that show Armstrong during the moonwalk.
Learn more about the first moonwalk and watch videos from this historic event.
Photo by NASA.

Image description: Forty three years ago today, two Americans became the first humans to walk on the moon. Here you see Neil Armstrong working at an equipment storage area on the surface of the moon. This is one of the few photos that show Armstrong during the moonwalk.

Learn more about the first moonwalk and watch videos from this historic event.

Photo by NASA.

From the U.S. Presidential Libraries:

First moon walk.  July 20, 1969. 
Photo of Astronaut Edwin E.  “Buzz” Aldrin on the surface of the moon, next to the U.S. flag.  Photographed by Neil Armstrong, first person to set foot on the moon.  Apollo 11 mission.
-via The National Archives, Nixon Administration

From the U.S. Presidential Libraries:

First moon walk.  July 20, 1969. 

Photo of Astronaut Edwin E.  “Buzz” Aldrin on the surface of the moon, next to the U.S. flag.  Photographed by Neil Armstrong, first person to set foot on the moon.  Apollo 11 mission.

-via The National Archives, Nixon Administration