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[20060212 (IE/A24,SF/A24,LA/A24,VN/A24,OC/A24) — PIONEER: Neil Armstrong snapped this photo of fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the first manned landing on the moon. — PHOTOGRAPHER: NASA 20040110 (LA/C1) — FIRST VISITORS: Neil Armstrong snapped this photo of fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin after the two landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. President Bush is expected to announce a new program to the moon and Mars next week. — PHOTOGRAPHER: NASA] *** [(FILES) Picture taken 20 July, 1969, of astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, walking on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. The United States could resume flights to the Moon and aim for manned missions to Mars and beyond, under new space objectives to be announced by US President George W. Bush next week, officials said. After the successful landing of the Spirit mission on Mars, White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters 09 January, 2004, Bush would have an announcement about the space program next week. AFP PHOTO NASA]

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