Perigee moon rises over Mt Eden in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland (@ Huang Xingwei/Corbis)

Perigee moon rises over Mt Eden in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland (@ Huang Xingwei/Corbis)

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• Something happened 43 years ago today…""That was out of this world
• “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”""Which earthling uttered these famous words?
• Behold a supermoon, shot in May at its brightest, rising over Mt Eden in New Zealand.""All nations are free to explore it for peaceful purposes - will you join this mission?
• Journeying closer to this distant celestial body became possible in 2004, with the first privately funded human spaceflight.""Climb aboard SpaceShipOne