Neil Armstrong's Boot-print on Lunar Surface is Now Protected by a US Space Law FOLLOW US ON: The United States becomes the first country to pass a law that aims to protect human artifacts in space. Under the law, 'One Small Step to Protect Human Heritage in Space Act' that was passed by the Congress on December 31, early remnants of human exploration in the space including Neil Armstrong's boot-print on the lunar surface, will be now protected. The bill was first introduced in the Congress in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of the first moon exploration. The Act will officially establish it's perimeter around the Tranquility base, which was the landing site of Apollo 11 in 1969 and many other Moon ventures undertaken by the US space agencies between 1969 and 1972.