Guardian Tuesday 22 July – download of full page Adam Raphael also reported on the next phase of the mission.Ģ2 July 1969 Guardian front page Photograph: Margaret Holborn/The Guardian On The Guardian front page on Tuesday 22 July there is a picture with the caption: Neil Armstrong, making history as he climbs down the ladder of the lunar module and then sets foot on the moon. An appreciation of the work of the astronauts was expressed by the American President Richard Nixon : “Because of what you have done, the heavens have become part of man’s world”.Īfter the successful moon walk Apollo 11 and its crew prepared for the journey home. The articles cover the scientific work the men did during their moon walk and their calmness and professionalism. He recalled that at 3.56 am: “It was the fulfilment of a dream which men have shared since the beginning of time”.Īdam Raphael from the Space Centre in Houston quotes Neil Armstrong, the first man to step onto the moon: “This is one small step for man … but one giant leap for mankind”.
Guardian Monday 21 July 1969 – download of full pageĪnthony Tucker, science correspondent, reported: “Men are on the moon”.
The Guardian front page of Monday 21 July is dominated by two reports on the success of the Apollo 11 mission.Ģ1 July 1969 Guardian front page Photograph: Margaret Holborn/The Guardian The article is full of detail about the preparation for the anticipated moon walk and the planned television coverage of the event. The craft could have swung wide of the moon or gone into an unstable orbit but the crew described the action as: “like perfect”. “Eleven minutes later the spacecraft slid behind the moon and out of contact with control for the first time since leaving Earth’s orbit on Wednesday”. Details are given about the time at which mission control in Houston gave permission for the manoeuvre to take place: Michael Collins was to stay with the Command Module. The Observer front page article by Gerald Leach dated 19 July describes the spacecraft being launched into lunar orbit in preparation for a first attempt to put two men: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon. Observer Sunday 20 July 1969 – Download the full front page 20 July 1969 Observer front page Photograph: Margaret Holborn/The Observer
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