Apollo 11
The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. Apollo 11 launched July 16, 1969 and landed back on Earth on July 24, 1969.
S69-34875 (June 1969) --- The official emblem of Apollo 11, the United States' first scheduled lunar landing mission. The Apollo...
On Jan. 9, 1969, NASA announced the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. This portrait was taken...
Neil Armstrong, donned in his space suit, poses for his official Apollo 11 portrait. Armstrong began his flight career as...
S69-31743 (July 1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. EDITOR'S NOTE: Aldrin was lunar module pilot of the Apollo 11...
S69-31742 (July 1969) --- Astronaut Michael Collins. EDITOR'S NOTE: Collins resigned from the NASA space program since this picture was...
The Apollo 11 crew conducting a crew compartment fit and functional check, of the equipment and storage locations, in their...
The Lunar Module for Apollo 11 moves from the landing gear fixture and mate to the spacecraft-lunar module adapter.
The Apollo 11 spacecraft Command Module (CM) is loaded aboard a Super Guppy Aircraft at Ellington Air Force Base for...
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second human to step on the surface of the moon is about to climb into the...
S69-25199 (25 Feb. 1969) --- Two Apollo 11 astronauts study a rock specimen during a geological field trip to the...
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin train to use their Hasselblad 500EL for their moonwalk.
The Apollo 11 flight crew is given instructions by technicians and management while undergoing the extravehicular activity (EVA) training and...
Neil A. Armstrong, commander for the Apollo 11 Moon-landing mission, practices for the historic event in a lunar module simulator...
S69-39269 (10 July 1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission,...
Apollo 11 crew members (L-R) Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were amused by a question posed during a...
Carrying the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket and mobile launcher, the crawler inches its way along the three-and-a-half-mile journey to...
S69-35507 (June 1969) --- The prime crews of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission and the Apollo 11 lunar landing...
Personnel atop the 402-ft. Mobile Service Structure look back at the Apollo 11 spacecraft as the tower is moved away...
Chief astronaut and director of flight crew operations, Donald K. Slayton (right front) reviews lunar charts with Apollo 11 astronauts...
Dunned in his space suit, Lunar Module pilot Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. does a final check of his communications system...
Apollo 11 Commander Neil A. Armstrong waves to well-wishers in the hallway of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building as he...
Within the White Room atop the gantry on Launch Complex 39 Pad A, the Apollo 11 astronauts egress from the...
This week in 1969, Apollo 11 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin and...
This photograph shows the Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-506) for the Apollo 11 mission liftoff at 8:32 am CDT, July...
The Apollo 11 Saturn V lifts off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. at...
The American flag heralds the flight of Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission. The Saturn V rocket lifted off...
Vice President Spiro Agnew (right center) and former President Lyndon Johnson (left center) view the liftoff of Apollo 11 from...
Apollo 11 mission officials relax in the Launch Control Center following the successful liftoff of Apollo 11.
AS11-36-5337 (16 July 1969) --- This view of Earth showing clouds over its surface was photographed from the Apollo 11...
AS11-36-5355 (17 July 1969) --- Most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular...
AS11-44-6548 (16-24 July 1969) --- This view from the Apollo 11 spacecraft shows Earth rising above the moon's horizon. The...
AS11-44-6550 (16-24 July 1969) --- This view from the Apollo 11 spacecraft shows Earth rising above the moon's horizon. The...
AS11-36-5390 (20 July 1969) --- This interior view of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) shows astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin...
Spacecraft communicators are pictured as they keep in contact with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their lunar landing mission on...
The crowning achievement for the Saturn V rocket came when it launched Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin,...
AS11-40-5875 (20 July 1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses...
AS11-40-5927 (20 July 1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, prepares to deploy the Early Apollo Scientific...
AS11-40-5915 (20 July 1969) --- Apollo 11 LM on lunar surface. Photo credit: NASA
