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salute

Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's LEM's brief visit to the Sea of Tranquility. During the two hours and thirty six minutes that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the surface, they carried out a radio-telephone call with President Richard Nixon. During that phone call, they lined up next to the flag they'd erected and Armstrong saluted the President, seen on TV around the world. Original video still here.

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Uploaded on July 19, 2009
Taken on July 19, 2009