When Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon in 1969 and said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” he made history — and also left a footprint that’s still there today.
Because the Moon has no air, wind, or rain, there’s nothing to erase these marks. Its surface is covered in fine, dry dust called lunar regolith, and with gravity much weaker than Earth’s, those footprints haven’t faded even after all these years.
Thanks to NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we’ve been able to see high-resolution images of the Apollo 11 landing site — including footprints, paths from lunar rovers, and equipment the astronauts left behind.
These footprints are more than just physical marks; they’re a lasting reminder of the first time humans walked on another world. Without weather or earthquakes to disturb them, scientists believe they could stay there for hundreds of thousands — or even millions — of years.
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