Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Apollo 11: Onto a New World
Explanation:
A human first set foot on another world on July 20, 1969 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…]. This world was Earth's own Moon [ http://lunar.arc.na…]. Pictured above is Neil Armstrong [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] preparing to take the historic first step [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. On the way down the Lunar Module [ http://www.nasm.edu…] ladder, Armstrong [ http://www.3d-inter…] released equipment which included the television camera that recorded this fuzzy image [ http://www.ksc.nasa…]. Pictures and voice transmissions [ http://www.ksc.nasa…sounds/A01106AA.WAV ] were broadcast live [ http://www.ksc.nasa…sounds/A01108AA.WAV ] to an estimated world wide audience of one billion people. The Apollo Moon landings [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] have since been described as the greatest technological achievement [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the world has known.
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 11 [ http://www.ksc.nasa…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
Moon
keyword:
Apollo 11
facet_who:
Neil A. Armstrong
facet_when:
July 20, 1969
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Apollo 11
facet_when_year:
1969
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap980519

Apollo 11: Onto a New World
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