On July 16, 1969, 40 years ago, Apollo 11 blasted off the Kennedy Space Center on its way to the Moon with Neil A. Armstrong (commander), Michael Collins (command module pilot) and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. (lunar module pilot) on board.
On July 20, history was made when the Eagle lunar module (LM) landed on the Moon. “HOUSTON, TRANQUILITY BASE HERE. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.” As Neil Armstrong stepped off the LM, the world hear him say, “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.”
Besides a TV camera, small-film cameras, and a special camera for near-distance stereoscopic shots of the moon, there were also three Hasselblad 500ELs.
Affixed to the leg of the lunar landing vehicle (which was left behind) is a plaque bearing a map of the Earth and this inscription:
HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH
FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON
JULY 1969 A.D.
WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND
Related Links:
– Nasa HD Videos
– Nasa Interactive
– http://www.pixcetera.com/pixcetera/apollo-11-40th-anniversary/62357
– http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.step.html
– http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.html
– http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11-hass.html
– Moon Myths Busted
– How Apollo 11 Got to the Moon