6:02 am Italian time: Armstrong and Aldrin leave on the lunar soil the so-called “mementos”, namely: two Soviet medals in honor of Yuri Gagarin who died in March 1968 and of Vladimir Komarov who was killed during the re-entry of Soyuz 1 due to the failure of the parachute to open, a patch commemorating Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee who died in the Apollo 1 fire, and an olive branch to signify the peaceful nature of the landing.
