Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin‚ on July 20‚ 1969‚ at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Armstrong spent about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft‚ Aldrin slightly less; and together they collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material for return to Earth. A third member of the mission‚ Michael Collins‚ piloted the command spacecraft alone in lunar orbit until Armstrong and Aldrin returned to it just under a
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becoming presedent in 2009‚ and the Emancipation proclamation of 1863. On July 16 of 1969 three men‚ commander Neil Armstrong‚ Command module pilot Michael Collins and lunar module pilot Edwin ”Buzz” Aldrin launched inside of a rocket‚ with 7.5 million pounds of thrusting upward into space to make as Buzz Aldrin once said “One
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Apollo 11 team left Kennedy Space Center on July 16‚ 1969 at 13:32UTC. The mission’s team included Commander Neil Alden Armstrong‚ Commander Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. After being in orbit for 72 hours‚ Armstrong and Aldrin climbed into the Lunar Module‚ named the Eagle‚ and prepared for their descent to the Lunar surface. The Lunar Module "Eagle" consisted of two parts: the descent stage and the ascent stage. The descent
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“That’s one small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” When that phrase is spoken everyone knows who said it‚ when it happened and what kind of leap it was. It was a leap into space for America. Neil Armstrong said it‚ while accompanied with Buzz Aldrin as they landed on the moon‚ July 20‚ 1969. A third man‚ Michael Collins‚ stayed in orbit‚ and waited for the two to come back‚ and return back to Earth. The “Space Race” was one of the biggest competitions of the mid-to-late 20th century‚ along
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mission Apollo 11 was ready to launch the Saturn 5 space shuttle. On July 16 1969‚ Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They traveled to the moon and arrived in lunar orbit on July 19. On board the Saturn 5 was Neil Armstrong and Buzz aldrin. After stepping on the lunar surface Neil Armstrong spoke these memorial words “one small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind”. After their stay on the moon (21 hours and 31 minutes) they blasted off the top part of the lunar lander and returned
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spacecraft was astronaut Neil Armstrong‚ also command module pilot Michael Collins‚ and the last passenger being Edwin “buzz” Aldrin. They returned around 8 days later Apollo 11: the launch to the moon On July 16‚ 1969‚ the apollo 11 spacecraft began launch from Cape Kennedy‚ Florida. This shuttle held 3 passengers‚ Neil Armstrong‚ michael Collins‚ and lastly Edwin “buzz” Aldrin. The spacecraft was going to voyage where america has never voyaged with manned spacecraft before: it was heading for
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Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin told National Geographic News. “People had been studying what could be done—the Air Force in particular—in a far-reaching manner‚ like sending cargo to the moon." To reach the greatest technological achievement the world has ever seen seemed impossible but NASA was getting closer and closer to the moon’s surface and closer to showing America’s strengths. Finally‚ on July 20‚ 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped foot onto the moon and was accompanied by Buzz Aldrin later‚ the goal
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------------------------------------------------- Apollo program From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Apollo 11 crew member Buzz Aldrin‚ second person to walk on the Moon‚ July 1969 The Apollo program was the third human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)‚ the United States’ civilian space agency. First conceived during the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower as a three-man spacecraft to follow the one-man Project Mercury which put the
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