Buzz Aldrin returns to the first steps on the Moon

Buzz Aldrin returns to the first steps on the Moon

American cosmonaut Buzz ALDRIN, interviewed by Elise LUCET, discusses the Apollo 11 mission that led him in the company of Neil Armstrong on a lunar trip. He recounts the first steps: he observed the descent of Neil Armstrong and his first gestures to take a soil sample, in case they should abruptly interrupt their exploration. When, in his turn, he set foot on the star, he admits that he had many things in mind, but what marked him the most was the desolate landscape of the moon’s surface, the contrast between the absence of all life on this natural satellite and the extraordinary human and technological deployment of this mission. Images of the 1969 mission illustrate this.

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Publication date : 21 October 2008