This is from the Style Section of this morning's Washington Post.  An update
to a story previously reported by many sources.

 

The Saga Of the Lost Space Tapes

NASA Is Stumped in Search For Videos of 1969 Moonwalk

 

By Marc Kaufman

Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, January 31, 2007; Page C01

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/30/AR2007013002
065.html

 

As Neil Armstrong prepared to take his "one small step" onto the moon in
July 1969, a specially hardened video camera tucked into the lander's door
clicked on to capture that first human contact with the lunar surface. The
ghostly images of the astronaut's boot touching the soil record what may be
the most iconic moment in NASA history, and a major milestone for mankind.


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