Apollo 11 Crew at Launch Complex 39A

Apollo 11 Crew at Launch Complex 39A

Apollo 11 Crew at Complex 39A

John F. Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

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.

Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)

Mission Commander Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), Command Module Pilot Michael Collins (1930-), and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin (1930-) in front of their Saturn V on Launch Pad 39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida. Apollo 11 was the first space mission where humans set foot on another celestial body, the Moon. Launched from Launch Pad 39A 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, May 20, 1969: Leonard Pugh Collection.

1969-05-20

Digital reproduction of original color photographic print, May 20, 1969.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

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"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