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That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong (b. 1930), U.S. astronaut. Quoted in New York Times (July 21, 1969).

on his first steps on the moon's surface, 10.56 pm (EDT), July 20, 1969. Armstrong's message—possibly garbled or obscured by static—was originally understood as "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

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