At 9:32 a.m. EDT, Apollo 11, the first U.S. lunar landing mission,
was launched on a historic journey to the surface of the moon.
After traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered into
a lunar orbit on July 19.
The Apollo 11, from left, Neil Armstrong, commander;
Michael Collins, module pilot; Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin,
lunar module pilot.
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