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December 17, 2012

What Were the Last Words Spoken on Moon?

Megan Garber, The Atlantic


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Forty years ago, on December 14 at 5:54:37 p.m. EST, humans left the moon for what would turn out to be the last time. But how did the three men who made that departure -- taking their last small steps, their last great leaps from the lunar surface -- mark that occasion? What parting words did they leave to the moon, and to their fellow humans, and to history?

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