Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, July 20, 1969
"That's one small step..."
Six hours after landing, Armstrong descended the ladder of the Eagle. His first words, transmitted to 650 million people watching on Earth, were nearly lost to a click of static in the middle. He always maintained he said "one small step for a man." Audio analysis suggests he was right.
Editor's Note
The most quoted sentence in modern history is one we very nearly misheard.
