Amazing rare photos from Apollo 11 mission. The mission that changed mankind's history forever.
Apollo 11, the giant leap for mankind.
The spaceflight put the first two humans on the Moon. on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC, Neil Armstrong & pilot Buzz Aldrin, landed on moon with the lunar module Eagle.
On July 21 at 02:56 UTC, nearly 6 hours after landing on the moon, Armstrong became the first one to step onto the lunar surface; Buzz Aldrin joined him about twenty minutes later. They spent near about 2:15 hours together outside the spacecraft & collected 21.5 kg of lunar material to bring back to Earth for research purposes.
Michael Collins piloted the command module Columbia in lunar orbit. Armstrong and Aldrin spent just under a day on the lunar surface before rejoining Columbia.
The following are the series of nostalgic images from the mission and the historical event.
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On Jan. 9, 1969, NASA announced the prime crew of the Apollo 11 mission. This image was taken on Jan. 10, the day after the announcement of the crew. From left to right are lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, commander Neil Armstrong; and command module pilot Michael Collins.
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This photograph of the Lunar Module at Tranquility Base (by Neil Armstrong) during the Apollo 11 mission, from the rim of Little West Crater on the moon surface.
Armstrong's shadow & the shadow of the camera are clearly visible on the ground. while on the moon, this is the furthest distance from the lunar module traveled by either both the astronauts.
In the image, Buzz Aldrin is moving toward a position to deploy 2 components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP).
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Here, the Instrument Unit is placed atop the third stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy.
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NASA Langley's Lunar Landing Research Facility. Armstrong was trained at this location.
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City officials carry Wernher von Braun (first center director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center) on their shoulders during a celebration following the completion of Apollo 11 mission.
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Interior view of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module with astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz"
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President Barack Obama with Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Carol Armstrong, widow of Apollo 11 commander, Neil Armstrong, NASA Administrator - Charles Bolden on July 22, 2014.
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