Apollo 11

By Ryan Nish and Mikenzie Hammond

Landing on the moon

The first manned spacecraft landing on the Moon was at 3:17 p.m. EST on July 20, 1969, when the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, the Eagle, landed in Mare Tranquillitatis, located at 0°4'5"N latitude, 23°42'28"E longitude. The Eagle landed approximately 50 kilometers from the closest highland material and approximately 400 meters west of a sharp-rimmed blocky crater about 180 meters in diameter. ,

Applo 11 launch

• The American flag heralded the launch of Apollo 11, the first Lunar landing mission, on July 16, 1969. The massive Saturn V rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space center with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin at 9:32 a.m. EDT. Four days later, on July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the Moon's surface while Collins orbited overhead in the Command Module. Armstrong and Aldrin gathered samples of lunar material and deployed scientific.

Pictures of Apollo 11

• This is a picture of the rocket going up

• this is the crew

Quotes

• Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.”

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Apollo 11 crew

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Colins