People only just learning what Neil Armstrong really said on the Moon as many get it wrong

People only just learning what Neil Armstrong really said on the Moon as many get it wrong People have been left baffled to learn that the iconic quote said by Neil Armstrong as he took the first steps on the Moon is actually commonly misquoted, as many miss out one word Back in 1969, millions of people around the world gathered around their televisions and radios as Neil Armstrong became the first person in history to set foot on the Moon, uttering an iconic phrase as he did. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission made history as NASA astronauts Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins set off for the Moon. Four days later, on July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin made history once again as the first people to land on the moon, while Collins remained in lunar orbit As Armstrong took his first steps, he famously uttered a phrase that would be known as generations to come as the first words uttered by an astronaut when walking on the Moon. However, one Reddit user has now pointed out that most people actually misquote Armstrong when they mention his historic phrase. They explained: "As he took his first steps, he uttered words that would be written into history books for generations to come: 'That’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.' Or at least that’s how the media reported his words." The user went on to explain that Armstrong since has insisted that the media got this phrase wrong, and that he actually said: "That’s one small step for a man." "In fact, in the official transcript of the Moon landing mission, NASA transcribes the quote as “that’s one small step for (a) man," the user added. Users quickly took to the comments section to share their thoughts, as many had different thoughts about whether or not they could hear Armstrong say the 'a' in the sentence. "Have you listened to the recording? No one misheard it. The recording does not have the 'a'," one person said. Another went on to say: "This is true, but my counterpoint to you is that the iconic nature of his words weren’t what he said, but what the world heard. "As Neil said, this was a giant leap for mankind, and so I argue the importance of the line is how we, as a species heard it, not how a man in a suit half a million kilometres away heard it." They added: "We heard 'one small step for man', and that’s how history will remember the line because that’s how we heard it, sitting in our homes, watching humanity make history." Someone else went on to say: "NASA transcribes it like that because its unclear if the 'a; was said or not with the poor sound quality. People have researched this and its still unclear 50 years later. "Neil says he said the 'a' but if no one heard it then the quote we all heard is all that matters."