Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
The Apollo 11 Prime Crew
Full Description:
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. Aldrin Jr. On July 20th 1969 at 4:18 PM, EDT the Lunar Module "Eagle" landed in a region of the Moon called the Mare Tranquillitatis, also known as the Sea of Tranquillity. After securing his spacecraft, Armstrong radioed back to earth: "Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed". At 10:56 p.m. that same evening and witnessed by a worldwide television audience, Neil Armstrong stepped off the "Eagle's landing pad onto the lunar surface and said: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He became the first human to set foot upon the Moon.
Date:
05/01/1969
NASA Center:
Johnson Space Center
Subject Category:
Astronauts
Subject Category:
Apollo 11
Keywords:
Apollo
Keywords:
11
Keywords:
Armstrong
Keywords:
Collins
Keywords:
Aldrin
Keywords:
Neil
Keywords:
Michael
Keywords:
Buzz
Keywords:
Edwin
Keywords:
Moon
Keywords:
Crew
Keywords:
Mike
Keywords:
of
Keywords:
Columbia
Keywords:
Eagle
Keywords:
Sea
Keywords:
Tranquility
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Apollo 11
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_who:
Michael Collins
facet_who:
Neil A. Armstrong
facet_when:
July 20th 1969
facet_when:
05-01-1969
facet_when_year:
1969
Image #:
S69-31739
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 1164
Center:
JSC
Center Number:
S69-31739
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001164
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

The Apollo 11 Prime Crew