What NASA didn't tell you about Apollo 11’s moon landing

July 20, 1969

After traveling 238,855 miles, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the Moon in the Lunar Module “Eagle.”

They were actually on Slack the whole time. And we found the logs.

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👨‍🚀 #moon-landing

Neil Armstrong: @channel we are 30 seconds from touchdown. and fuel says we only have 17 seconds left...

Buzz Aldrin: ^^^ @Houston status??

Houston: can we huddle real quick?

Michael Collins: Just FYI I’m still orbiting. can take notes if helpful

Buzz Aldrin: service is shoddy. we’re bouncing off like five satellites right now

Neil Armstrong: no it’s fine. I just landed it manually lmao. no thanks to this thread

Neil Armstrong: @here TOUCHDOWN SUCCESSFUL

Slackbot: 🎉 @Marketing has joined #moon-landing. Say hi!

Marketing: 👋 quick ask - can we get a photo of the flag plant for social?

Marketing: would be 🔥 for the “We Did It” campaign

Facilities Intern: I think the AC is broken again

Facilities Intern: oh sorry wrong channel

Buzz Aldrin: bro we are not on Earth

Legal: please do NOT plant any flags until IP review is complete. the Moon is technically unclaimed territory

HR: gentle reminder: “one small step for man” was not in the approved internal comms tone guide

Buzz Aldrin: tbh this whole thing could’ve been an email