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Neil Armstrong steps out on to lunar surface2. UPSOUND: (English) Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon:\"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.\"NASA...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNASA Television \u003cbr/\u003eFILE - Tranquility Base, the Moon  - July 20, 1969\u003cbr/\u003e1. Neil Armstrong steps out on to lunar surface\u003cbr/\u003e2. UPSOUND: (English) Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon:\u003cbr/\u003e\"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNASA Television \u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC - July 20, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shots of news conference, former astronauts on stage\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) James Lovell, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 mission member:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is really a national celebration.  This is really a celebration for all those people that helped Neil (Armstrong) and Buzz (Aldrin) and Mike (Collins) make that final 60 miles (96 kilometres) travel to the surface of the Moon.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNASA Television\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Houston, Texas -  20 July, 1969\u003cbr/\u003e5. Interior of Mission Control with video image from the moon on monitor\u003cbr/\u003eNASA Television\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC - July 20, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Buzz Aldrin,  Apollo 11 mission astronaut:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We were all caught up with the task at hand, to give a whole lot of thought to where this really would fit into the future. I would call it being naive, maybe.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Cutaway reporters\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 mission astronaut:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We felt like we had a job to do.  We were looking at the check list, Mike and Neil and I, and we were doing things as it unfolded. Marvelling at what it was.  But it wasn't the first time - Gene (Cernan) and Tom (Stafford) had done these things on Apollo 9.  And we opened the door to the future of exploration by touching down on another object. Were we emotionally involved in that? No. We were trying to make a successful landing. And when we touched down, and I said 'contact' we looked at each other and kind of briefly congratulated each other - but if something was wrong we had to abort quickly or wait for two hours.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNASA Television\u003cbr/\u003eFILE - Tranquility Base, Surface of the Moon - 20 July, 1969\u003cbr/\u003e9. Armstrong and Aldrin \"planting\" American flag\u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND: (English) Mike Collins, Apollo 11 commander: \"How is the quality of the TV?  \u003cbr/\u003eHouston Mission Control  \"Ah, it's beautiful Mike, it really is.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eNASA Television \u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC - July 20, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Eugene Cernan, Apollo 10 and 17 missions:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We can recapture that kind of spirit in America, we can recapture the spirit of the space programme and the greatest legacy I think we have from Apollo is the inspiration it provided for those young dreamers who follow in our footsteps.  So, we can live and stay on the moon as long as we want to. Charlie (Duke) and I were there for 3 days - I mean we both I am sure would rather have been there for three weeks. We didn't have the capability nor the time - but we need to go back to the Moon.  We need to learn a little bit more about what we think we know already.  We need to establish bases, put new telescopes on the Moon, get prepared to go to Mars - because the ultimate goal, truly, is to go to Mars.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNASA Television\u003cbr/\u003eFILE - Tranquility Base, Surface of the Moon  - July 20, 1969\u003cbr/\u003e11. Shot of Earth in the distance, over Moon's surface\u003cbr/\u003eNASA Television\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC, USA - July 20, 2009\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Scott,  Apollo 9 and 15 missions:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I guess we all have an opinion on what we should do next and it is a great debate. I always find it quite stimulating - but I'd like to emphasise a couple of points. Going to the Moon, exploring the Moon is very, very difficult. It is not easy. Sometimes we made it look easy because the television was terrific. Jack Schmitt bouncing across the Moon singing 'Merry Month of May' wasn't easy, it was difficult. Going to Mars is about a factor of ten more difficult. We know how to do it, we could land, but the duration of the flight, almost three years, puts us in a situation where we need new technology and new capabilities to go to Mars.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Buzz Aldrin,  Apollo 11 mission:\u003cbr/\u003e\"And I think we are getting back to what NASA and what the country really likes to see and that's exploration. To me exploration is going to some place you haven't been before.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNASA Television \u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Tranquility Base, Surface of the Moon  - July 20, 1969\u003cbr/\u003e14. Shot of Earth in the distance, over Moon's surface\u003cbr/\u003eVeteran astronauts from several US Apollo space missions converged on Washington on Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of humans landing on the Moon.\u003cbr/\u003eForty years ago eleven words beamed 240 thousand miles (386,000 kilometres) to Earth from the Moon were the highlight of the Apollo 11 mission - and forever changed the course of human exploration.\u003cbr/\u003e\"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,\" Neil Armstrong said as he stepped onto the lunar surface.\u003cbr/\u003eAstronaut James Lovell, who flew on the Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 missions, says the anniversary should be a time of national remembrance.\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is really a celebration for all those people who help Neil (Armstrong) and Buzz (Aldrin) and Mike (Collins) to make that final 60 miles travel to the surface of the Moon,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eBuzz Aldrin, the second human on the moon, said the emotion and historical nature of the flight were not top most in the crew's thoughts.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We were all caught up with the task at hand, to give a whole lot of thought to where this really would fit into the future. I would call it being naive, maybe.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe path to the Moon had been followed by previous Apollo missions and Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins were concentrating on the job they had to do to make the mission successful.\u003cbr/\u003eBeginning in the early days of the John F. Kennedy administration and for nearly a decade, America's space programme was committed to landing a human on the Moon.\u003cbr/\u003eThis commitment was conceived not only as science, but also as a Cold War political struggle against the Soviet Union.\u003cbr/\u003eAn early setback in the programme left three astronauts dead - and forced NASA to rethink the science - Apollo 11 launched on July 16th, 1969.\u003cbr/\u003eOver half a (b) billion people around the world watched Astronaut Neil Armstrong step onto the lunar surface. \u003cbr/\u003eThe pair explored the lunar surface for two-and-a-half hours, collecting samples and taking photographs.\u003cbr/\u003eAldrin and Armstrong left behind an American flag and several other items, including the landing pod of the Eagle lander.\u003cbr/\u003eAs much as Monday's celebration is about the history-making flight, the assembled astronauts were more focussed on looking forward.\u003cbr/\u003eAstronaut Eugene Cernan, who flew with the Apollo 10 and 17 missions, urged the current NASA administration to strive to recapture the nation's interest in space exploration.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The greatest legacy I think we have from Apollo is the inspiration it provided for those young dreamers who followed in our footsteps.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"We need to go back to the Moon,\" Cernan told reporters in effort to reach the ultimate goal - space travel to Mars.\u003cbr/\u003eAstronaut Aldrin was hopeful for space travel in the future and in particular to Mars.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think we are getting back to what NASA and what the country really likes to see and that's exploration. 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