Watch Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong made history as the first man to walk on the moon, and uttered his famous words: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." See the moment as it was covered live by CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite.

---
CBSN is the first digital streaming news network that will allow Internet-connected consumers to watch live, anchored news coverage on their connected TV and other devices. At launch, the network is available 24/7 and makes all of the resources of CBS News available directly on digital platforms with live, anchored coverage 15 hours each weekday. CBSN. Always On.

[magmablock]

Still blows my mind that we did this with less computing power than a modern phone.

[toadlegs]

it's so sad that he wasn't here for the 50th anniversary :(

[audii-kun]

"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

- Neil Armstrong 1969

[AroShadeWeaver]

fun fact
when neil armstrong was thinking of what his first words would be on the moon surface during the Apollo 11 landing, command module pilot Michael collins jokingly suggested:
"if you had any balls, you'd say "oh my god, what is that thing!" then scream and cut your mic."

[CarolinaPine]

Watching live 50 years ago as an 8 year old girl, I was filled with wonder and amazement. Today, as a 58 yer old grandma, I cried.

[speedcxla]

Computers then: I sent man to space on kilobytes of data 💪😆

Computers now: Chrome tab scary 😥👉👈

[fyibcauseIcan]

50 years! Ah-mazing! I remember well, watching live. Then going to my backyard and looking in amazement at the moon, knowing men were walking on that bright moon! Great moment to know you watched history in the making! I wasn't a teenager yet, but was still in awe of what I was seeing. I have the NYT newspaper showing all the photos from the moon landing, and still cherish it.

[brassnukl]

"Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind" 👏2:44 had me in tears

[CentralVAProductions]

Everyone: “Wow! Neil Armstrong is the First man in the Moon!”
The guy who set up the cameras:

[jrunberg]

I bet if some aliens saw this while it was happening they were thinking to themselves, "Well all be damned."

[ralviar]

"That's Neil's quote but I didn't quite understand it".

[fredrickreloaded]

Who else is here because exurb1a told them that "one small step for man" is a misquote?

[trudehunnicutt]

I cant even imagine standing on the moon, lookong out into the darkness and seeing Earth .

[pelon]

He dont even sound that excited to be on the moon. I would of been tripping balls like that would of been the most amazing thing

[globalautobahn]

Neil Armstrong and Yuri Gagarin are chilling out up there relaxing and wishing us all good will happiness and peace!

[ciccisalsicci]

50 year later and it still makes me cry. So powerful. On so many levels. Historical, philosophical, technological, spiritual. All the life on Earth that looked at it for millions of years... and we sent people there.

[clausdd]

What about these heroes. We were glued to our black and white TVs for hours the nation was mesmerized. Neil Armstrong and crew more heroes!!!

[iwuvu]

My dad remembers watching this live as it happened. This must have been so exciting to watch live

[Therese-hs]

Never forget this day ! So blessed to have experienced this in my lifetime 🙏

[joshuagraham]

It just makes me cry of pride when I watch or hear this. Not for my nation. But for the world. One world held in suspension at this one goal. Godspeed Artemis, Godspeed.