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The Apollo 11 landing is referenced in the songs "Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins" by the Byrds on the 1969 album Ballad of Easy Rider, "Coon on the Moon" by Howlin' Wolf on the 1973 album The Back Door Wolf, and "One Small Step" by Ayreon on the 2000 album Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer.
This mission flew in March 1969 as Apollo 9. After his flight, McDivitt was promoted to Manager of Lunar Landing Operations, and in August 1969 was promoted to Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program. Frank F. Borman II – Commander of Gemini 7, selected to command a higher Earth orbit test of the complete Apollo spacecraft.
Michael "Mike" Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was also a test pilot and major general in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong only spent about two and a half hours clambering around the lunar surface during their historic 1969 moon landing. During that time, ...
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." That epic sentence was uttered by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong from the surface of the moon 46 years ago and was broadcast around the world ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Second crewed Moon landing Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad studies the Surveyor 3 spacecraft, which had landed two years previously; the Apollo Lunar Module, Intrepid, can be seen at top right. Mission type Crewed lunar landing (H) Operator NASA COSPAR ID CSM: 1969-099A LM: 1969-099C ...
There are plenty of other ways to celebrate the moon landing, ... The Apollo program landed 12 astronauts on the moon from 1969 through 1972. Next up: Apollo's twin.
Tranquility Base (Latin: Statio Tranquillitatis) is the site on the Moon where, in July 1969, humans landed and walked on a celestial body other than Earth for the first time. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 crewmembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their Apollo Lunar Module Eagle at approximately 20:17:40 UTC. Armstrong exited the ...