Michael Jackson’s death may be infinitely more interesting to the average person these days than manned spaceflight, but his signature move was named after something first done by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong 40 years ago today.

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Walter Cronkite – known in his time as “The Most Trusted Man In America” and “Uncle Walter” who shared the news with America in their living rooms each night – is dead at 92, after a long life and one of the great careers in televison news.

In his 19 years helming the CBS Evening News - from 1962 to 1981 – he reported some of the most important moments of his time – and of television’s early history.