Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Apollo 11 Astronauts In Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF)
Full Description:
The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched aboard the Marshall Space light Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard the space craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, piloted by Michael Collins, remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, named ?Eagle??, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, landed on the Moon. The surface exploration was concluded in 2½ hours. Once the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth, the LM redocked with the CM for the crew?s return to Earth. Following splash down in the Pacific Ocean, Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man Apollo 11 crew. The crew was airlifted to safety aboard the U.S.S. Hornet recovery ship, where they were quartered in a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF). Pictured (L-R) are astronauts Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin smiling through the window of the MQF.
Date of Image:
1969-07-24
Category:
Saturn Apollo Program
term:
Moon
term:
Crew
term:
Collins
term:
Recovery
term:
Aldrin
term:
Apollo 11
term:
Armstrong
term:
Mobile Quarantine Facility
term:
MQF
facet_who:
Neil A. Armstrong
facet_who:
Michael Collins
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Apollo 11
facet_where:
Florida
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Pacific Ocean
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_when:
July 24, 1969
facet_when:
July 16, 1969
facet_when_year:
1969
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
6901185
NIX #:
MSFC-6901185
MSFC Negative Number:
6901185
UID:
SPD-MARSH-6901185
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