The equipment Armstrong and Aldrin carried onto the moon included two specially-designed lunar deck-chairs, which would have allowed them a few well-earned moments to relax while digging for moon rock. The name of the Apollo Lunar Module was Eagle. At a Press conference before the take-off, the most bookish of the astronauts, Buzz Aldrin, was asked what he most wanted to do on the moon. ‘As we looked out of that window, I could only think of one thing,’ recalled Buzz Aldrin. ‘So I said: “I spy with my little eye something beginning with S.”‘Quick as a flash, Neil Armstrong said, “Space”.

Source: Daily Mail July 16, 2019 00:56 UTC