It was one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind and one massive ratings boom for television.
Now, 40 years after the first man set foot on the moon, television channels are reliving the July 1969 lunar landing like never before.
It has been one heck of a ride for us viewers with plenty more to come before month's end.
I was but a wee glint in my father's eye when Neil Armstrong made history, so thank goodness for television to help me understand what was involved behind the scenes in the months before and after that historic moonwalk.
This is where Sky's History Channel deserves big kudos.
It has virtually devoted July to the 40th anniversary and the theme of space exploration.
And we, the humble viewer, sitting in our comfy chairs, are the better for it.
One of the most absorbing in the series of documentaries and features to screen this month playedlast Sunday.
Apollo 11: The Untold Story was not just a flag-waving, patriotic, didn't-we-do-well story only America could make, but an honest look at how that mission nearly cost the lives of the three astronauts who returned to Earth as heroes.
Those involved in the mission were interviewed and told their stories of how they achieved the remarkable feat of sending a man to the moon and back again.
It was a major promise made earlier by President John Kennedy and fulfilled less than six years after his death.
And the best part of the story? It's true.
As a heads-up for other moon landing programmes on this month, I would strongly recommend flicking to Prime this Sunday at 8.30pm to catch Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11.
This BBC dramatisation (they make the best, don't they?) takes a different view of the lead up to the landing.
Instead of glorifying the mission, it looks at the relationships between the astronauts, the tumultuous build-up, voyage, descent, moonwalk and lift-off.
A preview of the programme reveals a refreshingly honest look at what has always been dubbed the perfect mission.
On a completely different subject, it's worth taking a look at Criminal Intent on Sunday nights on TV3, just to see quirky actor Jeff Goldblum in full flight as a police detective.
The wacky actor from Jurassic Park and The Fly brings his own weird style to the show in which Goldblum and Vincent D'Onofrio take turns at heading each episode.
Don't miss: Lie to Me, TV3, 8.30pm, Tuesdays: Fresh, honest and quirky, this series has hooked me.
Admit it, don't lie, don't you look at people in a different light after watching this?
Don't bother: Desperate Housewives, TV2, Mondays, 8.30pm: It's just not the same without Edie.
