It occurred 40 years ago next week. Nearly everyone on the planet then remembers where they were and what they were doing.

On the evening of Sunday, July 20, 1969, more than 1 billion people huddled around their televisions to watch the most remarkable event in the history of mankind. It was a moment that humans had dreamt of for thousands of years: the landing of a man on the moon.

On the stark lunar plain known as the Sea of Tranquility sat Eagle, the Lunar Excursion Module. I ...

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