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U.S. MOON MEN SAFELY RETURN TO EARTH

Return To Earth And Splashdown

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At 12:51 EDT on July 24, 1969, Apollo 11, the U.S. spacecraft that
had taken the first astronauts to the surface of the moon, safely
returned to Earth.

The American effort to send astronauts to the moon had its origins
in a famous appeal President
John F. Kennedy made to a special
joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: “I believe this nation
should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is
out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to
Earth.”

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President Richard M. Nixon (right) was in the central
Pacific recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11
astronauts aboard the USS Hornet, prime recovery
ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.

Already confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility
(above) are (left to right) Neil A. Armstrong,
commander; Michael Collins, command module
pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.

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FIRST MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON IN 1969

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At 10:56 p.m. EDT, astronaut
Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from
Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening
at home: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”      

Stepping off the Apollo 11 lunar landing module Eagle, Armstrong 
became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon.
    

 

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Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, descends the
steps of the Lunar Module ladder.

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Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the moon. Neil Armstrong, taking the photo, is reflected in his visor.

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Buzz Aldrin salutes the deployed United States flag.

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APOLLO 11 LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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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.

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50 Lesser-known Details About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

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From left: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, the Apollo 11 crew.

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SAFE SPLASHDOWN ON THIS DAY IN 1970

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With the world anxiously watching, Apollo 13, a U.S. lunar
spacecraft that suffered a
severe malfunction on its journey
to the moon, safely returns to Earth on April 17, 1970.

On April 11, the third manned lunar landing mission was
launched from Florida, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell,
John L. Swigert and Fred W. Haise. The mission was headed f
or a landing on the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon. However,
two days into the mission, disaster struck 200,000 miles from
Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blew up in the spacecraft.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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The Saturn V SA-508 rocket carrying the Apollo 13
mission really did blast off at 14:13 (military time
for 2:13 p.m., ET) from the Kennedy Space Center
in Florida—and in Houston (CT),

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