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1. On July 20, 1969 – 50 years ago to this day – Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man to walk on the lunar surface, shortly followed by Buzz Aldrin during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.
   [Also that day]

   During his time alone, Mr Aldrin called back to Mission Control to inform everyone that they deserved a moment to think about what they had just achieved.

   He said: “I’d like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way.”

   Then Mr Aldrin, who was an elder at the Webster Presbyterian Church, admitted he had snuck a small bottle of consecrated wine and a piece of bread on board.

   He then turned off his radio and performed a communion in a touching gesture to his faith.

   He told Guideposts magazine in 1970: “I poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me.

   “In the one-sixth gravity of the moon the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup.

   “It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.”
   [From UK Express, July 20, 2019.]

2. That’s really interesting, thanks for sharing!

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