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The First Meal on the Moon

  • September 22, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The first meal eaten on the moon was … bacon. On a historic day in July 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin each chowed down on four bacon squares, three sugar cookies, and peaches, then washed it all down with a pineapple-grapefruit drink and coffee.

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