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Bookmark or Share- Apollo 11 Mission Overview - NASAThe primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. Additional flight objectives included scientific exploration by the lunar module, or LM, crew; deployment of a television camera to transmit signals to Earth; and deployment of ...
- Apollo 11 - NASANASA. Apollo 11 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA. Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong working at an equipment storage area on the lunar module. This is one of the few photos that show Armstrong during the moonwalk. Buzz Aldrin climbs down the Eagle’s ladder to the surface. NASA. NASA and Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC, later ...
- Apollo 11 Turns 50: A Complete Guide to the Historic Moon ...Events Celebrating Apollo 11 Moon Landing's 50th Anniversary. The mission, dubbed Apollo 11, was the climax of the Apollo program, which pushed human spaceflight forward faster than ever before ...
- Apollo 11 | SpaceNext50 | Encyclopedia BritannicaApollo 11, U.S. spaceflight during which commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin, Jr., on July 20, 1969, became the first people to land on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the culmination of the Apollo program and a massive national commitment by the United States to beat the Soviet Union in putting people on the Moon.
- Apollo 11 - WikipediaApollo 12 →. Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on ...
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