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Neil Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin, became the first men on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. During an Apollo 11 press conference following the historic mission, the late astronaut revealed that they disregarded the initial plans for the mission set by NASA.
Upon their return to Earth, Armstrong, Aldrin, and Michael Collins who piloted the Command Module during the mission answered questions from the press in a conference. Armstrong revealed that some of the things they did were not on the plans laid for them by the agency which may have put the safety of the mission at risk.
Armstrong admitted, “We plead guilty to enjoying ourselves. As I mentioned earlier, we’re recommending that we start future EVAs with a 15 or 20 minute period to get these kinds of things out of the way. To get used to the surface and what you see, adapt to the one-sixth gravity and the maneuvering around, probably we just included a little more in the early phase that we were actually able to do,” explained the astronaut.
Armstrong and Aldrin would end up spending a little more time on the Moon than originally planned by NASA, despite knowing that the surface temperature would lead to something breaking. Armstrong later made more recommendations for future moon missions during the conference.
Over the weekend, NASA, in partnership with Elon Musk’s space agency SpaceX, was able to have a successful launch for the first time in years on American soil. The launch saw NASA astronauts be transported to the International Space Station on the private Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The launch took place at Cape Canaveral in Florida, and the 19-hour journey would see astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley be sent into orbit. They will be joining fellow NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russia’s Rocosmos astronaut Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner. The five astronauts will then be part of the Expedition 63 crew.
Despite the success of the launch, Musk expressed that they could not celebrate just yet as their return to Earth may be more dangerous than the launch. Musk added that the astronauts must be able to return to Earth safely and that they have to ensure minimal dangers upon reentry.
