Apollo 11 Crew in the Mobile Quarantine Facility

Apollo 11 Crew in the Mobile Quarantine Facility

Apollo 11 Crew in Mobile Quarantine Facility

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)

NASA

Apollo Project (U.S.)

Project Apollo (U.S.)

Astronauts--United States

Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012

Collins, Michael, 1930-

Aldrin, Buzz

Aldrin, Edwin Eugene, Jr.

Wendt, Günter

Apollo 11 astronauts in the Mobile Quarantine Facility used to transport them from landing site in the North Pacific Ocean to Houston, Texas. Photographed from left to right are Command Module Pilot Michael Collins (1930-), Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin (1930-), and Mission Commander Neil Armstrong (1930-2012). Apollo 11 was the first space mission where humans set foot on another celestial body, the Moon. Launched from Launch Pad 39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 fired the third stage engines two and half hours after launch to leave Earth's gravitational pull. The mission was highlighted by the first lunar landing by human beings and Armstrong's descent from the Lunar Module (LM) to place his foot on the surface of the Moon. He and Aldrin spent less than 22 hours on the Moon, including two and half hours outside Eagle, their Lunar Module. The crew returned to Earth on July 24, 1969.

Original color photographic print, July 26, 1969: Leonard Pugh Collection.

1969-07-26

Digital reproduction of original color photographic print, July 26, 1969.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Hickam Air Force Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

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Copyright to this resource is held by Leonard Pugh and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Michlowitz, Robert

Cepero, Laura

"APOLLO 11 (AS-506)." National Air and Space Museum. Accessed July 10, 2015. http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo11.cfm.

1 color photographic print