This rare television clip shows Buzz Aldrin carefully descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module and stepping onto the Moon on July 20, 1969. 🌑 Moments earlier, Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on another world. As Aldrin followed, he famously described the scene as “magnificent desolation.” Broadcast live to millions on Earth, this grainy black-and-white footage captured one of humanity’s greatest achievements — proving that humans could leave Earth, land on the Moon, and

Fifty years ago today, on Aug. 2, 1971, a lunar liftoff was televised for the first time when the ascent stage of Apollo 15's Lunar Module Falcon departed the surface of the Moon with astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irwin onboard. This clip combines the televised initial departure with onboard 16mm film, which includes views of the landing site and the descent stage, as well as of Hadley Rille. To highlight the all-Air Force crew, Al Worden in the orbiting Command Module Endeavour played the U.S.