Apollo 11 Liftoff

Kennedy Space Center, Florida: The Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle carrying Apollo 11 Astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin lifted off at 9:32am EDT July 16, 1969, on the first manned lunar landing mission.

Apollo 11 Mission Control Center

Houston, Texas: Apollo 11 MCC - Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, during the lunar surface extravehicular activity of Apollo 11 Astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.. NASA phot

Armostrong-Congress

Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong addresses a joint meeting of Congress. Astronauts (L-R) Michael L. Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. Congress honored the astronauts for their flight to the Moon and return. Photo released September 16, 1969.

Arrival at Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: The antisubmarine warfare support aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVS-12) arrives with the mobile quarantine van containing the three Apollo Eleven Astronauts, Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins on July 23, 1969. Photographer: PHC C. L. Wr

Ceremonies in Pearl Harbor

Governor John Burns greeted the Apollo 11 astronauts, housed within the Mobile Quarantine Facility, at left, during ceremonies at Pearl Harbor.

Astronaut Edwin Aldrin Jr.

Astronaut Edwin Aldrin, Jr. is shown next to a solar wind composition experiment which was deployed during the Astronauts historic lunar walks in July of 1969.

Edwin E. Aldrin

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr, 33, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11.

Joan Aldrin

Mrs. Joan A. Aldrin spoke to her husband, astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., in isolation inside the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) by a phone patch.

Lunar Far Side

Oblique view of the lunar far side, photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft in lunar orbit looking southwest.

Lunar Module Ascent

The Apollo 11 lunar module ascent stage photographed from the command service module during rendezvous in lunar orbit., July 1969.

Lunar Module

The Lunar Module, which carried U.S. astronauts to the moon was built by the former Grumman Corporation, now Northrop Grumman. Astronaut Neil Armstrong took this picture of Lunar Module pilot Astronaut Edwin Aldrin, Jr., as he was preparing to deploy the

Michael Collins

Command Module Pilot for Apollo 11, Capt. Michael Collins, US Air Force.

Moon Plaque

This plaque was left on the moon

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong was Apollo 11 Spacecraft Commander. He is shown suited up in preparation for a practice at the Manned Space Flight Center, April 18, 1969.

Nixon and Astronauts

Nixon talks with the Apollo Eleven Astronauts

Recovery Ops

Astronaut Aldrin is shown being hoisted by recovery helicopter #66 from the USS Hornet during recovery operations of Apollo 11. Photo dated July 24, 1969 was taken by PH2 Milt Putnam, USN.

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