Armstrong and Aldrin would spend a total of 21 hours on the Moon, two-and-a-half of them outside the Eagle module.
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On the 46th anniversary of the moon landing, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has started a crowdfunding campaign to preserve the spacesuit Armstrong wore on the moon. As evidenced by the Apollo 11 jett bag, we also throw out space junk on goal.
With completion of the flight of Apollo 11, the United States of America fulfilled President John F. Kennedy’s 25 May 1961 call to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth before the decade of the 1960’s was out.
Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz ” Aldrin and Michael Collins (their personal conduct) have been up to speed in Saturn Atomic number 23 soar going to the celestial body overhead. But the crew and other NASA employees ultimately took thousands of photos of this and other Apollo missions, from astronaut training and suit preparation to mission control and launch to moon landing and back. Their exploration was beamed to millions of people all over the Earth, who heard the voice of Armstrong declaring the famous words, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
Did you watch the Moon landings?
The astronauts collected some lunar soil samples, installed the US Flag and took an image of planet Earth. 9They returned to Earth on the 24 day of July taking a splash on the Pacific Ocean.
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Today is Monday, July 20 – the exact date man landed on the moon on July 20, 1969 – exactly 46 years ago.
