Free Astronomy Magazine May-June 2019

10 MAY-JUNE 2019 ASTRONAUTICS end up saying the same things, generalizing how it all happened at more-or-less every anniversary of the first lunar step taken by Neil Armstrong. We, therefore, want to try to differentiate ourselves, and will restrict our celebratory contri- bution to a very specific area − the path followed by NASA to choose the areas on which to land the lunar modules. Each mission had very specific tasks related to the A POLLO 11 − The lunar surface from near the lunar module. [NASA, Project Apollo Archive] A POLLO 11 − Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface. [NASA, Project Apollo Archive]