THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday July 22 Men walked on the moon 20 years ago HE Twenty years ago The NOTE Twenty years ago The World Almanac focused on the Apollo 11 mission as the top news story of The following it excerpted from The World of nun a historic nn By The Almanac Astronaut Nell A Armstrong after climbing slowly down a ladder from the VS spaceship Eagle on July 20 reached out his booted left foot and at p m EDT planted the first human footprint on the moon He was seen and heard by millions around the earth as he said That s one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind Fifty two minutes later President Nixon face shared the world s TV screens with the view of astronauts Armstrong and Edwin El Aldrin standing on the moon The president talked with them in what he described as the most historic telephone call ever made The president said For every American this has to be the proudest day of our lives And for people all over the world I am sure they too join the Americans in recognizing what an immense feat this is For one priceless moment in the whole history of man all the people on the Earth are truly one one in their pride in what you have done and in our prayers that you will return safely to Earth The historic landmark of 1969 and perhaps of the 20th century thus far was the landing of US astronauts on the moon and their safe return to Earth Fulfilling dreams and prophe sies of hundreds of years the Apollo flight accomplished the first land nar trajectory Shortly afterward the U S astro nauts separated the command module from the lunar module turned the command module around and re docked it with the lunar module which was still attached to the third stage of the rocket S4B Then the lunar module was discon from the S4B which was fired into orbit around the sun Armstrong and Aldrin entered the lunar module July 18 and telecast a program from inside while making an inspection Late that night Apollo entered the moon sphere of gravita tional pull The spaceship went into lunar orbit July 19 On the morning of July 20 Arm strong and entered the lunar module which was subsequently un docked from the command module at I At 3 OS the lunar lander started downward toward the moon A guidance computer directed it to an altitude of 300 feet above the lunar surface when Armstrong took over semi automatic guidance control He guided the craft to a soft landing in the dry Sea of Tranquility at 20 EDT At 51 p m EDT Armstrong left the spaceship and 5 minutes later he stepped onto the lunar surface Aldrin followed him out of the lunar capsule later and reached the moon s surface at 11 14 rcTi radio Ihu on to kit the moon Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon July A We came in peace for all mankind It had been signed by the crew members and President Nixon The two astronauts set up an ican flag on the lunar surface and luted They talked by radio with the president They then deployed scientific equipment a sheet of aluminum foil lo pick up particles of the solar wind a seismic detector and a laser tor They filled boxes with rocks and soil samples to take back to Earth During their walk of 2 hours min on the lunar surface they snapped many pictures On July 21 at 1 m EDT Arm strong fired the rocket of the lunar modulo a rent stage which took it up into a lunar orbit It docked with the command module at 35 m After Armstrong and Aldrin with their gear had moved into the com module the lunar module was detached and cast into space Apollo 11 started toward Earth at am on July 22 and splashed down in the Pacific at 50 EDT on July Flown by helicopter to the S air craft earner Hornet the three astro nauts were rushed into a quarantine trailer It was flown to Houston and they were transferred on July to the spacious Lunar Receiving Lab oratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center While they were in the trailer on the Hornet President Nixon who had been waiting on the ship greeted them through the trailers glass win They were released from on Aug in fine physical condition ENTERPRISE SUMMER SAVINGS Jnhmince Prices in effect July 9th to August st89 Bulk Foods COKE CLASSIC DANGELO Pure White VINEGAR EA CHEDDAR CHEESE 2 LB CROUTONS HERBSPICE ONIONGARLIC CAESAR 1 LB DELUXE INSTANT AA CRYSTALS STEENS 2 MILK REDDI 2 ROLL PAPER TOWEL 79 FLEISHMANS MARGARINE FROM CORN OIL LB Salted or BACON BITS La INSTANT ICED TEA MIX LB Jnhnvince Bulk Foods GEORGETOWN IN TIM HORTON PLAZA 8730442 BOLTON QUEEN ST S PLAZA 8573264