In the beginning was the word:
“We choose to go to the moon
To land a man on the moon and
return him safely to Earth.”
Then came the day, millions watched,
3, 2, 1 ignition, we have liftoff, liftoff.
Three days to cross the void,
three days to watch
the Earth grow smaller
and the moon to occupy the sky.
A waiting world paused and listened,
“Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.”
For one brief moment, this voice from another
world, moved the spirit of every human.
“That’s one small step for a man,
one giant leap for mankind.”
We began as wanderers and we will
wander still, where stars are spun and
worlds begin and the Universe waits.
Excelsior, excelsior, excelsior!