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Forty years on, mankind reaches for the stars once again

It was an event that felt as if it belonged to the whole world. But for astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, setting foot on the moon�s surface on July 20, 1969, was an intensely �solitary experience � despite being a hugely public one.

It was an event that felt as if it belonged to the whole world. But for astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, setting foot on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969, was an intensely solitary experience - despite being a hugely public one.