Apollo 11 returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. After spending about eight days in space and conducting the historic moon landing, the crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean and were later quarantined before reaching home base in Houston.
On July 20, 1969, a human walked on the Moon for the first time. Relive the full journey to and from the the Moon with this timeline.
airandspace.si.eduApollo 11 was the first crewed Moon landing. On 21 July 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on to the surface and said,
www.planetary.orgLanding astronauts on the moon is hard...getting them back home is harder.
www.popularmechanics.comApollo 11 was the first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon, conducted by NASA from July 16 to 24, 1969. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Edwi...
www.wikiwand.com24th July 1969: The day the Apollo 11 crew made it safely back to Earth and fulfilled the goal set by US President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961, "to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth." Following Lunar Module Eagle's successful rendez-vous with the Michael Collins who had been orbiting the moon in Columbia, the crew made a television broadcast to Earth, thanking those who had worked on the project and reassuring the world waiting below that they had complete faith in their...
fai.orgNASA's Apollo 11 mission launched to the moon 45 years ago this month. Here is Space.com's complete coverage of the anniversary of the first flight that brought humans to the surface of the moon.
www.space.com24th July 1969: The day the Apollo 11 crew made it safely back to Earth and fulfilled the goal set by US President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961, "to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth." Following Lunar Module Eagle's successful rendez-vous with the Michael Collins who had been orbiting the moon in Columbia, the crew made a television broadcast to Earth, thanking those who had worked on the project and reassuring the world waiting below that they had complete faith in their...
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