NASA MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPACE AGE

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph during Apollo 11 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this picture with a 70mm Hasselblad lunar surface camera. NASA celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Space Age marked by the October 4, 1957 launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, made by the Soviet Union. (UPI Photo/NASA/FILES)