On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped out of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module "Eagle" and delivered one of the most iconic speeches of the 20th century. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The speech and subsequent Moon walk were broadcast around the world to an estimated 650 million people. The quality of the video was somewhat lacking, giving you a real sense that the footage was being sent back from around 386,000 kilometers (240,000 miles) away, from the lunar surface. But you may not be aware that there was more high-quality footage, and that it was instantly available here on Earth.

"As Neil Armstrong descended from the ladder to take that historic first step, hundreds of millions of viewers watched spellbound as the dr

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