Fifty Years on, We Salute the Pioneering Spirit That Put Americans on the Moon

Even today, 50 years later, the monumental achievement makes the heart beat faster.

Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. salutes the U.S. flag on the surface of the Moon on July 20, 1969. NASA/AFP/Getty Images

There they are!

Our American Apollo 11 astronauts gliding across the Sea of Tranquility on our moon.