july 1969: apollo 11 and the first lunar landing close encounters
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July 1969: Apollo 11 and the first lunar landing
Close Encounters
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This photograph was taken from Apollo 11 as it approached the moon.
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The lunar lander floats free on its way to the moon's surface.
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin takes up his post as lunar module pilot. This picture was taken by commander Neil Armstrong before the landing.
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Buzz Aldrin stands on the moon's surface next to the lunar module on July 20, 1969. The astronauts' footprints are clearly visible in the
foreground.
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Buzz Aldrin poses next to the flag during an unscheduled photo session. The lunar module is on the left.
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Buzz Aldrin works to set up experiments during Apollo 11's single 2.5-hour moonwalk. This is the solar wind composition experiment, part of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package, or EASEP.
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Buzz Aldrin, struck by all the bootprints he and Neil Armstrong were making, took this photograph. Commander Armstrong
took most of the pictures on the moon.
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Buzz Aldrin's helmet visor catches the reflection of photographer Neil Armstrong. This is the only photo
actually showing Armstrong on the lunar surface.
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Neil Armstrong, tired but elated, sits in the lunar lander before takeoff.
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This view of Earth rising over the moon's horizon was taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft.
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The lunar module's ascent stage nears the Apollo 11 command module with Earthrise in the background. The picture was taken by
Michael Collins, who remained in lunar orbit.
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Earth appears in half shadow, as photographed from the returning Apollo 11 spacecraft.
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President Richard Nixon meets the Apollo 11 astronauts while they were still in quarantine after their return to Earth.
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