Apollo 11 lunar module preparations. The lunar module used during the Apollo 11 mission was named LM-5 'Eagle'. Here, is has been assembled by Grumman Aerospace Corporation and is being handed over to NASA. Apollo 11 was the first manned lunar landing mission, touching down on 20 July 1969...
Motion Pictures of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing
NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin assemble the American flag on the moon during their Apollo 11 lunar landing mission in July 1969. NASA astronauts on the International Space Station marked the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch with a video message on July 16.(Image credit:...
Space exploration - Apollo, Lunar, Soyuz: In contrast to the Soviet lunar landing efforts, during 1969 all went well for the Apollo program. In March the Apollo 9 crew successfully tested the Lunar Module in Earth orbit, and in May the Apollo 10 crew car
The clearest view yet of the famous Apollo 11 landing site on the moon was captured by a NASA spacecraft in orbit around our planet's natural satellite. The agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) zeroed in on Mare Tranquillitatis, or the Sea of Tranquility — the place where humans ...
Speed record (11,107 m/s).Apollo 11 First manned lunar landing. The end of the moon race and public support for large space programs. The many changes made after the Apollo 204 fire paid off; all went according to plan, virtually no problems....
Pope Paul VI watched the lunar landing from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo which housed the Vatican Observatory. As Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon, the Pope exclaimed: “We are close to you with our good wishes and with our prayers, togeth...
LEGO Lunar Lander Animatronic Movie Released March 18, 2021byChris Lott4 Comments Retired scientist [Mark Howe] spent the last couple monthsmaking an animatronic moviefeaturing his LEGO lunar lander in a video recreation of the Apollo 11 moon landing (also embedded below). [Mark] is not only ...
The site for the first manned lunar landing mission had been made from a combination of both geological and orbital mechanics factors. All the Apollo landing sites would be along the lunar equator. Possible locations for these landing sites had been photographed by orbiting probes and the mapping...
Saturday marks the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. The cosmos is providing a full moon, and there are plenty of other events to honor the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969. 2 of 8 | FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, astronau...