The Eagle Has Landed - 1969
“The surface is fine and powdery. I can - I can pick it up loosely with my toe. It does adhere in fine layers like powdered charcoal to the sole and sides of my boots. I only go in a small fraction of an inch. Maybe an eight of an inch, but I can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the find sandy particle.”
-Neil Armstrong speaking from the surface of the moon
This NASA video from 1969 gives an “eye-witness” perspective of the Apollo 11 mission that put men on the moon. More about the moon landing and the activities surrounding Apollo’s mission here.
-via The National Archives, Nixon Administration
First moon walk. July 20, 1969.
Photo of Astronaut Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin on the surface of the moon, next to the U.S. flag. Photographed by Neil Armstrong, first person to set foot on the moon. Apollo 11 mission.
-via The National Archives, Nixon Administration
NASA officials celebrate the successful launch of Apollo 11 in the control room at Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969.
From L-R: Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Werner von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center; Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight; and Air Force Lt. General Samuel C. Phillips, Apollo Program Director.
-NASA image via We Choose the Moon
More images from Apollo 11’s five-day journey to come.
