Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon, during the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) descended the ladder on the Lunar Module at 02:56 UTC on 21st July 1969. As he stepped onto the surface he declared, \That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind\". Shortly afterwards, in this shot, he is collecting a contingency sample from the lunar surface with a long-handled trowel, in case the mission has to abort suddenly and leave the surface. The footage shows a rare glimpse of Neil's face seen through the clear visor, the gold reflective cover in its up position to give Armstrong a clearer view of what he is looking at. The gold visor gave the view a yellow tint. The footage was filmed by his colleague, mission pilot Edwin \"Buzz\" Aldrin."
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![Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon. Footage of US astronaut and Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong as he became the first person to step onto the surface of the Moon, taking his historic steps in the early hours (UTC) of 21 July 1969. He first jumped down to the lander footpad, and then tested the surface, and then stepped onto the Moon (shown at the end of the clip). At the point he first stepped on the Moon's surface, Armstrong declared his famous line: 'That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.' This footage was obtained with a slowscan TV camera mounted on the outside of the lander, and activated by Armstrong during his descent of the ladder. The original slow-scan television (SSTV) footage was lost by NASA, with only poorer quality scan conversion footage preserved in NTSC broadcast format. Rights-managed stock video](http://cdn6.dissolve.com/p/D30_41_928/D30_41_928_0004_600.jpg)
