KInda busy in space, one of two toilets on the ISS crapped out, a few space walks etc...
The space shuttle robotic arm grabs the Japanese Exposed Facility to move it out of Endeavour's cargo bay. Astronauts then passed the facility off to the space station robotic arm to connect the platform to the station's Kibo lab. Credit: NASA TV.
Spacewalker Tim Kopra works in the payload bay of space shuttle Endeavour as the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm hands the Japanese Exposed Facility to the shuttle’s Canadarm robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV.
40 years ago on July 20, 1969, Neil A. Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon while Michael Collins stayed behind in the command module. The world watched, & held their breath, man what a sight to behold.
Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landedThen the world waited again as Neil Armstrong descended from the LEM.
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankindJohn F. Kennedy's speech speech starts to come true, landing a man on the moon before the decade is out.
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
From LM window just after landing,
Hi, I'm Buzz. Have a moon rock.
Now onto something special for the 40th Anniversary of the 1st moon landing & for those conspiracy theorists.
Pictures from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter of the Apollo 11 landing site & other Apollo landing sites. LRO Sees Apollo Landing SitesClicky pics for larger image.
Apollo 11 lunar module, Eagle.
Apollo 15 lunar module, Falcon.
Apollo 16 lunar module, Orion.
Apollo 17 lunar module, Challenger.
Apollo 14 lunar module, Antares.
So I say to those conspiracy theorists,
kiss my ass! 
