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Photographs of President Richard Nixon Greeting the Apollo 11 Astronauts on the USS Hornet

Photographs of President Richard Nixon Greeting the Apollo 11 Astronau...

Original caption: NASA/APOLLO. ABOARD THE USS HORNET - President Richard M. Nixon appears to be holding the Presidential Seal which is attached to the door of the Mobile Quarantine Facility during his greeting... More

NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC); Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Marned Space Flight; and Air Force Lt. General Samuel C. Phillips, Apollo Program Director celebrate the successful launch of Apollo 11 in the control room at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 16, 1969. Boosted by the Saturn V launch vehicle, the Apollo 11 mission with a crew of three: Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin, made the first manned lunar landing. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. von Braun. n/a

NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Br...

NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC); Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Marned Space Flight; and Air Force Lt... More

Astronaut Group 3. NASA public domain image colelction.

Astronaut Group 3. NASA public domain image colelction.

(October 18, 1963) Astronaut Group Three announced. They are (seated, left to right) Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., William A. Anders, Charles A. Bassett II, Alan L. Bean, Eugene A. Cernan, and Roger B. Chaffee. Standing... More

PORTRAIT - ASTRONAUT GROUP - NEWLY-SELECTED - MSC

PORTRAIT - ASTRONAUT GROUP - NEWLY-SELECTED - MSC

S63-18765 (October 1963) --- These fourteen pilots have been assigned to begin training for astronaut positions with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Front row, from the left, Edwin E.... More

NASA Astronauts Desert Survival Training

NASA Astronauts Desert Survival Training

(August 1964) Fourteen NASA astronauts pose for group pictures at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada after a three-day stay in the Nevada desert where they completed a course in desert survival training. Front row:... More

PRESS CONFERENCE - GEMINI-TITAN VII

PRESS CONFERENCE - GEMINI-TITAN VII

S65-57987 (1 Nov. 1965) --- The prime and backup crews of Gemini-7 spaceflight, scheduled for early December 1965, met with members of various news media at the MSC News Center. Left to right, are astronauts Ja... More

Gemini 10 Time Lapse, NASA Gemini program

Gemini 10 Time Lapse, NASA Gemini program

Description (July 18, 1966) A time-exposure photograph shows the configuration of Pad 19 up until the launch of Gemini 10. Onboard the spacecraft are John W. Young and Michael Collins. The two astronauts would... More

Gemini 10, NASA Gemini program - A patch with a red x and a yellow star on it

Gemini 10, NASA Gemini program - A patch with a red x and a yellow sta...

July 18-21, 1966 – 2 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes, 39 seconds.Astronauts – John W. Young (Commander), Michael Collins (Pilot).The primary objective of the Gemini X mission was to rendezvous with the GATV-5005 and... More

ALTITUDE TEST RUN - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - TRAINING - MCDONNELL AIRCRAFT CORP. (MDAC), MO

ALTITUDE TEST RUN - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - TRAINING - MCDONNELL AIR...

S66-32530 (14 April 1966) --- Astronauts John W. Young (right), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, the prime crew of the Gemini-10 spaceflight, prepare for a Manned Altitude Test Run in the Gemini-10 sp... More

TEST - GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - MCDONNEL AIRCRAFT CORP. (MDAC), MO

TEST - GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - MCDONNEL AIRCRAFT CORP. (MDAC), MO

S66-34167 (21 April 1966) --- Astronauts John W. Young (right), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, the prime crew of the Gemini-10 spaceflight, prepare for a Manned Altitude Test Run in the Gemini-10 sp... More

Astronauts Young and Collins during water egress training

Astronauts Young and Collins during water egress training

S66-39699 (18 June 1966) --- Astronauts John W. Young (in water, nose of spacecraft), Gemini-10 command pilot, and Michael Collins (sitting on spacecraft), pilot, use Static Article 6 spacecraft during water eg... More

Gemini 10 prime crew during press conference

Gemini 10 prime crew during press conference

S66-39769 (2 July 1966) --- Astronauts John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, the prime crew of the Gemini-10 spaceflight, discuss their forth-coming mission before a gathering of news... More

Gemini 10 prime crew participate in Simultaneous Launch Demonstration

Gemini 10 prime crew participate in Simultaneous Launch Demonstration

S66-42702 (12 July 1966) --- Gemini-10 prime crew, astronauts John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael Collins (right), pilot, check equipment in the White Room atop Pad 19 where they participated in a ... More

GT-10 (CREW PORTRAIT)-  ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - PORTRAIT

GT-10 (CREW PORTRAIT)- ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - PORTRAIT

S66-42725 (16 July 1966) --- Astronauts John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, the Gemini-10 prime crew during a photo session for the press outside the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Miss... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - LIFTOFF - KALEIDOSCOPE EFFECT - CAPE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - LIFTOFF - KALEIDOSCOPE EFFECT - CAPE

S66-42762 (18 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 spacecraft is launched from Complex 19 at 5:20 p.m., July 18, 1966. A time exposure creates the illusion of multiple rocker arms. Onboard are astronauts John W. Young,... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (SUITING-UP) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - CAPE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (SUITING-UP) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - ...

S66-42742 (18 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 prime crew, astronauts John W. Young (background), command pilot, and Michael Collins (foreground), pilot, relax in the Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer during the Ge... More

Astronauts Young and Collins walk up ramp at Pad 19 during countdown

Astronauts Young and Collins walk up ramp at Pad 19 during countdown

S66-42754 (18 July 1966) --- Astronauts John W. Young (leading), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, walk up the ramp at Pad 19 after arriving from the Launch Complex 16 suiting trailer during the prelau... More

GT-9 - PRELAUNCH - FISH EYE - ATOP WHITE ROOM

GT-9 - PRELAUNCH - FISH EYE - ATOP WHITE ROOM

S66-42736 (18 July 1966) --- Fisheye camera lens view of activity in white room atop Pad 19 as technicians secure equipment in preparation for erector lowering. Inside the Gemini-10 spacecraft are astronauts Jo... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - EARTH SKY - RENDEZVOUS - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - EARTH SKY - RENDEZVOUS - OUTER SPACE

S66-46122 (18 July 1966) --- Agena Target Docking Vehicle 5005 is photographed from the Gemini-Titan 10 (GT-10) spacecraft during rendezvous in space. The two spacecraft are about 38 feet apart. After docking w... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH - SKY - DOCKING - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH - SKY - DOCKING - OUTER SPACE

S66-46144 (18 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 spacecraft is successfully docked with the Agena Target Docking Vehicle 5005. The Agena display panel is clearly visible. After docking with the Agena, astronauts John... More

Debris - Onboard GT-10, NASA Gemini program

Debris - Onboard GT-10, NASA Gemini program

S66-46241 (18 July 1966) --- Debris on spacecraft window in picture taken from inside the Gemini-10 spacecraft. At this time Gemini-10 was docked with the Agena Target Docking Vehicle 5005. Taken with a modifie... More

Agena Target Docking Vehicle photographed from Gemini 10 spacecraft

Agena Target Docking Vehicle photographed from Gemini 10 spacecraft

S66-46124 (18 July 1966) --- Agena Target Docking Vehicle 5005 is photographed from the Gemini-10 spacecraft during rendezvous in space. The two spacecraft are about 41 feet apart. After docking with the Agena,... More

Astronauts Young and Collins undergo suiting up operations during countdown

Astronauts Young and Collins undergo suiting up operations during coun...

S66-42424 (18 July 1966) --- Astronauts John W. Young (right), command pilot, and Michael Collins (left), pilot, prime crew for the Gemini-10 spaceflight, undergo suiting up operations in the Launch Complex 16 ... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (BREAKFAST) - ASTRONAUT YOUNG, JOHN W.  - MISC. - CAPE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (BREAKFAST) - ASTRONAUT YOUNG, JOHN W. - MISC. -...

S66-42748 (18 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 prime crew, astronauts John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, enjoy a breakfast of steak and eggs on the day of the Gemini-10 launch. The Gem... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (RECOVERY) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (RECOVERY) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - AT...

S66-42782 (21 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 spaceflight is concluded as the Gemini-10 spacecraft, with astronaut John W. Young and Michael Collins aboard, touches down in the Atlantic about four miles from the p... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (RECOVERY) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (RECOVERY) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - AT...

S66-42780 (21 July 1966) --- The crew of the Gemini-10 spaceflight, astronaut John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, talk on live radio and television during welcome aboard ceremonies ... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (RECOVERY)-  ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (RECOVERY)- ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - AT...

S66-42777 (21 July 1966) --- The crew of the Gemini-10 spaceflight, astronaut John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, aboard the recovery ship USS Guadalcanal. The astronauts were picke... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - RECOVERY - SPLASHDOWN - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - RECOVERY - SPLASHDOWN - ATLANTIC

S66-42795 (21 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 spacecraft, with astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins aboard, nears touchdown in the Atlantic Ocean about four nautical miles from the prime recovery ship, USS... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - RECOVERY - HOISTED ABOARD - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - RECOVERY - HOISTED ABOARD - ATLANTIC

S66-42790 (21 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 spacecraft, with flotation collar still attached, is prepared for hoisting aboard the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal. Navy frogmen assist in the recovery operati... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - RECOVERY - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - RECOVERY - ATLANTIC

S66-42794 (21 July 1966) --- Navy frogmen prepare to attach a flotation collar to the Gemini-10 spacecraft as it bobs in the Atlantic Ocean following its successful splashdown. Inside the spacecraft are astrona... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (RECOVERY) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - ATLANTIC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (RECOVERY) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - AT...

S66-42772 (21 July 1966) --- A U.S. Navy frogman assist the Gemini-10 crew following splashdown at 4:07 p.m. (EST), July 21, 1966, about four miles from the recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal. Astronaut John W. You... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (AWARDS) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - MSC

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 (AWARDS) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - MSC

S66-39889 (1 Aug. 1966) --- Astronaut John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael Collins, pilot, the prime crew of the Gemini-10 spaceflight, wear the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Excep... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - MISC. - INFLIGHT (MILKY WAY) - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - MISC. - INFLIGHT (MILKY WAY) - OUTER SPACE

S66-45328 (19 July 1966) --- Ultraviolet spectra of stars in the Carina-Vela region of the southern Milky Way. These objective-grating spectra were obtained by astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins durin... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - MISC. - INFLIGHT (MILKY WAY) - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - MISC. - INFLIGHT (MILKY WAY) - OUTER SPACE

S66-45314 (19 July 1966) --- Ultraviolet spectra of stars in the region of the Southern Cross. These objective-grating spectra were obtained by astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins during Gemini-10 stan... More

Dual exposure view of exterior and interior of  Apollo Mission simulator

Dual exposure view of exterior and interior of Apollo Mission simulat...

S67-50585 (1967) --- This is an intentional double exposure showing the Apollo Mission Simulator in the Mission Simulation and Training Facility, Building 5 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. In the exterior view... More

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins

In this photograph, Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins carries his coffee with him as he arrives at the flight crew training building of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, one week before the nati... More

Apollo 11 crew members (L-R) Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins

Apollo 11 crew members (L-R) Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael...

Apollo 11 crew members (L-R) Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were amused by a question posed during a closed circuit press conference the night before they began their historic first lunar lan... More

President Nixon Meets the Apollo 11 Astronauts on the Lawn of the White House

President Nixon Meets the Apollo 11 Astronauts on the Lawn of the Whit...

Description: (November 5, 1969) President Nixon meets the Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin,Jr., and Michael Collins, on the lawn of the White House on their return from their Global Good... More

Apollo 11 Astronauts and Apollo/Saturn V Space Vehicle

Apollo 11 Astronauts and Apollo/Saturn V Space Vehicle

(May 20, 1969) NASA's Apollo 11 flight crew, Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot stand near the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle that would even... More

Thousands of News Reporters Watch Apollo 11 Lift Off

Thousands of News Reporters Watch Apollo 11 Lift Off

Full Description: At the press site, thousands of news reporters from the world over watched, taking many pictures, as the Saturn V launch vehicle (AS-506) lifted off to start Apollo 11 on its historic mission ... More

An astronaut on the moon next to a flag. Moon landing lunar module eagle space travel.

An astronaut on the moon next to a flag. Moon landing lunar module eag...

A lunar landing landing on the moon / The moon is set to be the first to be built on the moon / Public domain space exploration photo.

Interior view of Mobile Quarantine Facility with Apollo 11 crewmembers

Interior view of Mobile Quarantine Facility with Apollo 11 crewmembers

Description (1969) Interior view of a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF), showing the Apollo 11 crewmen soon after they arrived at Ellington Air Force Base after a flight from Hawaii aboard a U.S. Air Force C141 ... More

Apollo 11 Astronauts Swarmed by Thousands In Mexico City Parade.

Apollo 11 Astronauts Swarmed by Thousands In Mexico City Parade.

Description (September 23, 1969) The Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins, wearing sombreros and ponchos, are swarmed by thousands in Mexico City as their motorcade... More

Apollo 11 Launch, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 11 Launch, NASA Apollo program

(July 16, 1969) The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., at 9:32 a.m. EDT July 16, 1969, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Com... More

The Apollo 11 Prime Crew. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Apollo 11 Prime Crew. NASA public domain image colelction.

(May 1, 1969) Portrait of the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. From left to right they are: Commander, Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot, Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot, Edwin E... More

Apollo 11 Launch, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

Apollo 11 Launch, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

(July 16, 1969) The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle climbs toward orbit after liftoff from Pad 39A at 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 16, 1969. In 2 1/2 minutes of powered flight, the S-IC booster lifts the vehicle to a... More

Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery

Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery

(July 24, 1969) The Apollo 11 crew await pickup by a helicopter from the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The fourth man in the life raft is a United States Navy... More

Apollo 11 Launched Via the Saturn V Rocket-High Angle View

Apollo 11 Launched Via the Saturn V Rocket-High Angle View

Full Description: The Apollo 11 mission, the first lunar landing mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16... More

Apollo 11 Recovery Area, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 11 Recovery Area, NASA Apollo program

(July 24, 1969) Pararescueman Lt. Clancy Hatleberg closes the Apollo 11 spacecraft hatch as astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr., await helicopter pickup from their life raft. They s... More

Apollo 11 Launch Spectators, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 11 Launch Spectators, NASA Apollo program

Full Description: The early morning sun found hundreds of spectators on the beaches and roadways near the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) where they had camped the night before to witness history by watching th... More

Apollo 11 Crew Conduct Checks in the Command Module

Apollo 11 Crew Conduct Checks in the Command Module

(June 10, 1969) The Apollo 11 crew conducting a crew compartment fit and functional check, of the equipment and storage locations, in their command module. Peering from the hatch are from left, Neil Armstrong, ... More

Portrait of Apollo 11 crewmembers

Portrait of Apollo 11 crewmembers

Description (May 1, 1969) The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission crew, pictured from left to right, Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.... More

Early moments of the Apollo 11 launch

Early moments of the Apollo 11 launch

Description: S69-39958 (16 JULY 1969) --- A 70mm Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System (ALOTS) camera, mounted in a pod on a cargo door of a U.S. Air Force EC-135N aircraft, photographed this event in th... More

Apollo 11 Launched Via Saturn V Rocket

Apollo 11 Launched Via Saturn V Rocket

Full Description: The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16,... More

Apollo 11 Lunar Mission Rollout

Apollo 11 Lunar Mission Rollout

Description Aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle, the Apollo 11 mission launched from The Kennedy Space Center, Florida on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. The space vehicle is shown her... More

Apollo 11 Launch, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 11 Launch, NASA Apollo program

(July 16, 1969) The American flag heralds the flight of Apollo 11, the first Lunar landing mission. The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifted off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E... More

President Nixon and Dr. Paine Wait to Meet Apollo 11 Astronauts

President Nixon and Dr. Paine Wait to Meet Apollo 11 Astronauts

(July 24, 1969) President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator, watch Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin Jr., walk from the recovery helicopter to th... More

Apollo 11 Launch Spectators, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 11 Launch Spectators, NASA Apollo program

Full Description: This is a view of a roadway near the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC), shortly before dawn, where spectators from all over the world jammed into KSC to watch the liftoff of Apollo 11, the first... More

Chicago Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts

Chicago Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts

(August 13, 1969) The City of Chicago welcomes the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr...Image # : 69-H-1426

New York City Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts

New York City Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts

(August 13, 1969) New York City welcomes the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr., in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue, in a parade termed... More

Apollo 11 Launch, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

Apollo 11 Launch, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

(July 16, 1969) At 9:32 a.m. EDT, the swing arms move away and a plume of flame signals the liftoff of the Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle and astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin,... More

Apollo 11 Astronauts Visiting the Pope

Apollo 11 Astronauts Visiting the Pope

Description (October 16, 1969) The Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Michael Collins, and their wives receive a papal audience by Pope Paul VI in the Papal Library, St. Peters Cathe... More

APOLLO XI CREW - PORTRAIT, NASA Apollo program

APOLLO XI CREW - PORTRAIT, NASA Apollo program

S69-31739 (May 1969) --- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has named these three astronauts as the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Left to right, are Neil A. Armstrong... More

Apollo 11 Welcome, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 11 Welcome, NASA Apollo program

Description (August 13, 1969) New York City welcomes the Apollo 11 crew in a ticker tape parade down Broadway and Park Avenue. Pictured in the lead car, from the right, are astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael... More

Beginning the Mission, NASA Apollo program

Beginning the Mission, NASA Apollo program

Description (July 16, 1969) The Apollo 11 crew leaves Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the pre-launch countdown. Mission commander Neil Armstrong, command module pilot Michael... More

President Nixon visits Apollo 11 crew in quarantine

President Nixon visits Apollo 11 crew in quarantine

(July 24, 1969) President Richard M. Nixon was in the central Pacific recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mis... More

Liftoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission

Liftoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission

Description: Closeup view as the 363 ft tall Apollo 11 space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:37 a.m., July 16, 1969. Apollo 11 is the United Sates first lunar landi... More

Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of Moon limb and Lunar Module during ascent, Mare Smythii, Earth on horizon

Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of Moon limb and Lunar Module during as...

Description: View of the Moon limb,Lunar Module during ascent,Mare Smythii. Earth is visible over the horizon. Image was taken during the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled V. Film Type: S0-3... More

Prelaunch - Apollo 11 (P / C). NASA public domain image colelction.

Prelaunch - Apollo 11 (P / C). NASA public domain image colelction.

S69-16682 (10 Jan. 1969) --- These three astronauts have been selected by NASA as the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Left to right, are Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot; Neil A. Arms... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  - An overhead crane lifts the Saturn V first stage for the Apollo 11 mission from the transfer aisle floor in preparation for stacking on a mobile launcher within the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 1.  The fully assembled vehicle will be called the Apollo/Saturn 506.  The 138-foot-long stage, to which two additional stages -- the instrument unit and the Apollo spacecraft -- will be added, will generate a liftoff thrust of 7.7 million pounds.  Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. will pilot the mission which is to include a lunar landing in the lunar module by Armstrong and Aldrin. KSC-69PC-69

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An overhead crane lifts the Saturn V fir...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An overhead crane lifts the Saturn V first stage for the Apollo 11 mission from the transfer aisle floor in preparation for stacking on a mobile launcher within the Vehicle Assembl... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

This is the official crew portrait of the Apollo 11 astronauts. Pictured from left to right are: Neil A. Armstrong, Commander; Michael Collins, Module Pilot; Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Lunar Module Pilot. Apollo 1... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Carrying the Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle and mobile launcher, the transporter inches its way to the hardstand atop Launch Complex 39A.  (Unfueled Saturn V weighs 1/2 million pounds,)  Rollout began at 12:30 p.m. EDT today and was completed at 7:46 p.m.  after positioning the 12.5-million-pound load on support pedestals. The transporter carried the vehicle along the 3.5-mile crawlerway at an average speed of less than 1 mile per hour.  The 363-foot-high space vehicle is to launch Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. on the Nation's first manned lunar landing mission. KSC-69PC-249

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Carrying the Apollo 11 Saturn V space ve...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Carrying the Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle and mobile launcher, the transporter inches its way to the hardstand atop Launch Complex 39A. (Unfueled Saturn V weighs 1/2 million p... More

Crew Training - Apollo 11, NASA Apollo program

Crew Training - Apollo 11, NASA Apollo program

S69-34882 (24 May 1969) --- The prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission relaxes on the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever prior to participating in water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. Le... More

APOLLO XI CREW - WATER EGRESS TRAINING - GULF

APOLLO XI CREW - WATER EGRESS TRAINING - GULF

S69-34967 (24 May 1969) --- The third member of the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission egresses Apollo Boilerplate 1102 during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. The other two crewmen a... More

OFFICIAL EMBLEM - APOLLO 11 - FIRST (1st) SCHEDULED LUNAR LANDING MISSION

OFFICIAL EMBLEM - APOLLO 11 - FIRST (1st) SCHEDULED LUNAR LANDING MISS...

S69-34875 (June 1969) --- The official emblem of Apollo 11, the United States' first scheduled lunar landing mission. The Apollo 11 crew will be astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely r... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  The 402-foot-tall mobile service structure is moved away from the Apollo 11 spacecraft at Launch Pad 39A.  The move was made during a recent Countdown Demonstration Test, participated in by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. KSC-69PC-353

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The 402-foot-tall mobile service structu...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The 402-foot-tall mobile service structure is moved away from the Apollo 11 spacecraft at Launch Pad 39A. The move was made during a recent Countdown Demonstration Test, participa... More

Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images

The crowning achievement for the Saturn V rocket came when it launched Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, and Michael Collins, to the Moon in July 1969. In this photograph, astronaut Ald... More

Apollo 11 PREFLIGHT - PRESS CONFERENCE - MSC

Apollo 11 PREFLIGHT - PRESS CONFERENCE - MSC

S69-38847 (5 July 1969) --- The three prime crewmen of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission participate in a preflight press conference in the Building 1 auditorium on July 5, 1969. Left to right, are astronauts... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

The Apollo 11 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July ... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

The Apollo 11 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July ... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely r... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

In this photograph, a laboratory technician handles a portion of the more than 20 different plant lines that were used within the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, Building 37 of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) in... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

In preparation of the nation’s first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11 crew members underwent training to practice activities they would be performing during the mission. In this photograph, astronaut Collins (l... More

Saturn Apollo Program, NASA Apollo program

Saturn Apollo Program, NASA Apollo program

In this photograph, laboratory technician Bart Ruark visually inspects a Japanese Qail confined within a class III cabinet in the Intervertebrae, Aves, and Fish Laboratory of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, Bui... More

Saturn Apollo Program, NASA Apollo program

Saturn Apollo Program, NASA Apollo program

In this photograph, technicians are transferring mice from a support germ free isolator, through a hypochlorite dunk tank, into the class III cabinetry in the Germ-free and Conventional Animal Laboratories of t... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 crew member Michael Collins appears calm after suiting up activities for his participation in the countdown demonstration test aboard the Apollo 11 space craft along with astronauts Aldrin and Armstro... More

Ticker tape parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts

Ticker tape parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts

S70-17434 (13 Aug. 1969) --- New York City welcomes Apollo 11 crewmen in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue in a parade termed as the largest in the city's history. Pictured in the lead ca... More

Ticker tape parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts

Ticker tape parade for the Apollo 11 astronauts

S70-17433 (13 Aug. 1969) --- New York City welcomes Apollo 11 crewmen in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue in a parade termed as the largest in the city's history. Pictured in the lead ca... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 crew members (left to right) Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin (foreground), and Neil Armstrong, wearing space suits, leave the Apollo 11 space craft after participation in the countdown demonstration tes... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 crew members (rear to front) Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins, wearing space suits, ride the van to the launch pad to participate in the countdown demonstration test for the upcoming ... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 crew members (left to right) Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins, wearing space suits, leave the elevator after descending from the top of the launch tower. The three had just completed... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 astronauts Edwin E. Aldrin (striped shirt), Neil A. Armstrong, (left of Aldrin), and Michael Collins (extreme right on opposite side of table) had dinner with other astronauts the night before launchi... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

The night before launch day, Apollo 11 crew members (R-L) Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Edwin Aldrin, participated in a closed circuit press conference the night before they began their historic lunar la... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, second from left, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin eat breakfast with Donald "Deke" Slayton, in red shirt, on launch day, July 16, 1969.    Photo credit: NASA KSC-69PC-368

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, second fro...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, second from left, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin eat breakfast with Donald "Deke" Slayton, in red shirt, on launch day, July 16, 1969. Photo credit: NASA

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 10 commander, Thomas P. Stafford (left) and Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Deputy Director Albert Siepert (right) talk with U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew a few minutes before the launch of Apollo 11. Th... More

Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong is looking over flight plans while being assisted by a spacesuit technician during suiting operations in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) prior to the astronauts' departure to Launch Pad 39A. The three astronauts, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Neil A. Armstrong and Michael Collins will then board the Saturn V launch vehicle, scheduled for a 9:32 a.m. EDT liftoff, for the first manned lunar landing mission ksc-69pc-376

Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong is looking over flight plans while ...

Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong is looking over flight plans while being assisted by a spacesuit technician during suiting operations in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) prior to the astronau... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

The Saturn V launch vehicle, developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida carrying the Apollo 11 spac... More

Liftoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission

Liftoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission

S69-39958 (16 July 1969) --- A 70mm Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System (ALOTS) camera, mounted in a pod on a cargo door of a U.S. Air Force EC-135N aircraft, photographed this event in the early momen... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Leaving a w... More

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