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Images by Neil A. Armstrong of Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) from July 20, 1969
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Apollo 11: East Crater Panor
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Apollo 11: East Crater Panorama |
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On July 20, 1969 [ http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/introduction.htm ], Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong [ http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/kippsphotos/ 5528.jpg ] and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin [ http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/kippsphotos/ 5390.jpg ] became the first to walk on the Moon [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.html ]. This panorama of their landing site [ http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~durda/Apollo/ landing_sites.html ] sweeps across the magnificent desolation [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031109.html ] of the Moon's Sea [ http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/lunarform/ maria.html ] of Tranquility, with their Lunar Module, the Eagle, in the background at the far left. East Crater, about 30 meters wide and 4 meters deep, is on the right (scroll right), and was so named because it is about 60 meters east of the Lunar Module. Armstrong had piloted the Eagle safely over the crater. Near the end of his stay on the lunar surface [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040417.html ] Armstrong strayed far enough from the Lunar Module [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020628.html ] to take the pictures used to construct this wide-angle view, his shadow appearing at the panorama's left edge. The object near the middle foreground is a stereo close-up camera. |
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Apollo 11: Onto a New World
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Apollo 11: Onto a New World |
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A human first set foot on another world on July 20, 1969 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo11.html ]. This world was Earth's own Moon [ http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/ ]. Pictured above is Neil Armstrong [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS11/10075179.htm ] preparing to take the historic first step [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950921.html ]. On the way down the Lunar Module [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/LMordered.html ] ladder, Armstrong [ http://www.3d-interact.com/SpaceMuseum/armstrong.html ] released equipment which included the television camera that recorded this fuzzy image [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS11/10075288.htm ]. Pictures and voice transmissions [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-11/ sounds/A01106AA.WAV ] were broadcast live [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-11/ sounds/A01108AA.WAV ] to an estimated world wide audience of one billion people. The Apollo Moon landings [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ ] have since been described as the greatest technological achievement [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960412.html ] the world has known. |
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