Fifty years of lunar geology

This month heralds the 50th anniversary of probably the grandest single achievement in the history of space endeavour. On July 20 (the 21st in Australia), 1969, US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the Moon, planting the first-ever human footprints on another world. The Apollo 11 mission was a triumph of engineering and of human courage and skill, and it scored a major propaganda victory for