THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY of
APOLLO 11 SPECIAL

In 1959, the first spacecraft reached the vicinity of the Moon — and a magnificent journey of Lunar exploration began. We traveled over 380,000 kilometers to space, exploring our unknown cosmic neighbor. Ten years later in 1969, humans finally set foot on the moon’s surface.

Landing on the moon was only the beginning. Next up: exploration of the boundless universe.

BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY

APOLLO 11

On July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy, with Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin going into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles.

EXPLORE THE MOON

Two hours, 44 minutes and one-and-a-half revolutions after launch, the command and service module, or CSM, Columbia separated from the stage, which included the spacecraft-lunar module adapter, or SLA, containing the lunar module, or LM, Eagle.

Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin put on their spacesuits and climbed through the docking tunnel from Columbia to Eagle to send a transmission down to Earth on July 18. Two days later, at 100 hours, 12 minutes into the flight, the Eagle undocked and separated from Columbia for visual inspection.

July 20, 1969

An estimated 530 million people watched Armstrong's televised image and heard his voice describe the event as he took "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969.

GET CLOSER
TO THE MOON

Now it’s your turn to explore.

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THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY of
APOLLO 11 SPECIAL