[chris]

Apollo 11 became the first crewed mission to land on the Moon when the lunar module Eagle touched down at Tranquility Base on July 20, 1969. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin spent 2 hours and 31 minutes outside on the lunar surface while command module pilot Michael Collins orbited above in Columbia. Armstrong took the well-known portrait of Aldrin with the lunar module and Armstrong himself reflected in Aldrin's visor.

The mission launched aboard a Saturn V from Kennedy Space Center on July 16. Armstrong and Aldrin rejoined Collins in lunar orbit before the crew splashed down in the central Pacific on July 24 and was recovered by USS Hornet. The astronauts then entered the Mobile Quarantine Facility. John Young's jumping salute occurred during Apollo 16 in April 1972, and Eugene Cernan's flag salute was made during Apollo 17 in December 1972. Lunar roving vehicles were used only on Apollo 15, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17.

[chris]

Apollo 11 Moon Landing 1969

It was a defining moment in all of human history and NASA made sure that cameras were on hand to capture the spectacle and the drama. We've seen these images -- this one in particular -- countless times during the past 34 years, but on this anniversary of the first Moon landing take a moment to look once more at the picture above and marvel at the accomplishment.

That's a man walking on the lunar surface, and in the reflection of his visor you can see another.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to step foot on the Moon on July 20, 1969. They had launched aboard Apollo 11 with Mike Collins on July 16, and when this image was captured by Armstrong of Aldrin, a national goal of landing a man on the Moon had been accomplished. The other part of the goal -- the part about bringing them back safely to the Earth -- also was met, four days later, when the trio splashed down in the Pacific Ocean riding aboard the command module named Columbia.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by chris ↗

Apollo 11 Moon Landing 1969

It was a defining moment in all of human history....

And yet, the first thing I think of when I see it is MTV.

[güttsfükk]

Originally Posted by Kimosabe ↗

And yet, the first thing I think of when I see it is MTV.

i havent seen that MTV animation in yeaaaaaaaars

here are some more pix

[güttsfükk]

President Richard M. Nixon was in the central Pacific recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Already confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are (left to right) Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 splashed down at 11:49 a.m. (CDT), July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and only 12 nautical miles from the U.S.S. Hornet. The three crew men will remain in the MQF until they arrive at the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC) Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL). While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, astronaut Collins remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar-orbit.

[micMares]

Looks like a very pro camera.

[english evil]

It never happened.

[english evil]

They did not go to the moon.

[reena666]

i met Buzz...at Great America-Six Flags...i won a trip to this thing called Space Camp in florida...and he came to congradulate us...we took pics and he signed some things for me...i was 10 yrs old...i'll never forget that...it was one of the things to happen to me