Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Apollo 11 Image Gallery

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Apollo 11 Saturn V on launch pad 39A
July 1, 1969


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closeup of Earth and terminator

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crescent Earth photographed during return trip

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view of full lunar disc during return trip

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LM approaches CSM for docking / earthrise in b.g.
July 21, 1969

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Crater 308 viewed from orbit

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Lunar module inspection after undocking













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Aldrin stands beside LM strut and probe






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Aldrin on the LM footpad



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Liftoff of Apollo 11
July 16, 1969


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The Apollo 11 crew relaxes during training
May 24, 1969

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon or Moon orbit. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.
The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon by the end of the 1960s, which he had expressed during a speech given before a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

source ; http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/kippsphotos/apollo.html

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