Neil Armstrong and his Uke

Blair was part of a four-man team sent aboard USS Hornet to cover the event, but he was the only radio presenter. "I was the voice that broadcast the splashdown to the world," he said. "My producer said, 'Don, I believe we've just had the biggest radio audience of all time.' I simply said, 'Thanks very much.' I was 39 at the time. To be among all these giants was an incredible privilege."

After the excitement had died down and Neil Armstrong and his crew had been safely rescued, Blair took perhaps the most iconic photograph of his professional life.

"I should have been in bed, but I thought I'd go below deck one more time. And I came across the astronaut's Mission Quarantine Vehicles (MQVs) and Armstrong standing inside his MQV strumming his ukulele." Blair, who always had his camera with him, realized the unique moment would soon pass. "I pressed my camera to the glass and banged off three shots."

It is a pensive portrait of the first man to walk on the moon.

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Boozelele said:

i bet he was jammin' on some Hendrix....:nana:

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Howlin Hobbit said:

Don't be silly. He was obviously playing "Fly Me To The Moon."

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That Buzz is annoying and I don't mean the one coming from my ukulele.

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