The Epitome of Awesome

40 years ago today (actually to the minute of this posting), Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. The two of them, along with Michael Collins up in the Command Module, accomplished something that the rest of us can only dream about. Plus, they have something to talk about at the dinner table.

To commemorate this anniversary, NASA is streaming the transmissions during the landing between the crew in space and mission control that you can listen to here. It’s lengthy, but it’s really cool listening to all of this happen.

It’s an incredible feat, especially since the computers used in the landing were much weaker than whatever you’re using to read this now. Hopefully, if all goes to plan, we’ll be back.

I think this mock front page from The Onion sums it up nicely: Moon Landing. [Language NSFW]