2019 $1 and 5c Moon Landing 50th Anniversary 2 Coin PNC

Fifty years ago, at 12.56 p.m. on 21 July 1969 (AEST), an estimated 600 million people worldwide watched American astronaut Neil Armstrong become the first person in history to step onto the surface of the Moon. As he alighted from lunar module Eagle, Armstrong uttered the now immortal words, “That’s one small step for (a) man; one giant leap for mankind”. Australia played a crucial role in telecasting the historic event to television sets all over the world.