The lunar module pilot took communion on the Moon. He did so privately because of a lawsuit against NASA about the broadcasting of religious activities from the Moon.
He claimed for a journey from Houston Texas to the Moon, and back. Richard Nixon gifted of the Moon rocks brought back from Apollo 11 to the nations of the world. Of these, only are accounted for. As the landing happened, the words that Kennedy had spoken at the beginning of the decade flashed on a screen at the Kennedy Space Centre:. The landing of Apollo 11 was not only the culmination of the Space Race, but of years worth of technical and scientific planning and design. The Apollo 9 and 10 missions also took place in and were integral to the success of the Moon landing.
Whilst on the lunar surface Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon dust and rocks to be brought back to Earth. The pair also tested moving around on the surface, experimenting with kangaroo hops and loping to get around. They ensured that the world knew that it was the USA who had reached the Moon first, by planting an American flag. The hard surface of the Moon and the thin layer of dust meant that the pole was not planted very firmly in the ground.
When the lunar module took off from the surface, the exhaust engine caused the flag to topple over. The astronauts also received a phone call from President Richard Nixon whilst on the lunar surface. The Apollo 11 mission launched on July 16 Once they had launched, they traveled for three days before reaching lunar orbit. Once in lunar orbit Armstrong and Aldrin moved into the Eagle , ready to descend to the surface.
Learn more about our closest celestial neighbour the Moon in our books published by Royal Museums Greenwich. Who was the first person on the Moon? One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind Neil Armstrong's first words on the Moon. As he stepped off the ladder onto the lunar surface, Armstrong famously radioed back to Earth, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. The two men spent the next two hours taking photographs, recording their impressions of the landscape, collecting piles of moon rocks and soil specimens, and deploying a package of scientific experiments, some which would stay on the moon after they left.
After a meal and a few hours of sleep, it was time for Armstrong and Aldrin to rejoin Collins and the CSM in lunar orbit. Neufeld says that this was another nail-biter moment for folks like him watching at home.
Thankfully, the ascent engine ignited perfectly and Armstrong and Aldrin cruised into lunar orbit where they pulled off yet another tricky maneuver, docking with the CSM in mid-flight.
Armstrong, who had performed the very first successful space docking ever during Gemini 8, proved more than capable for the job. This would be the final test for the Apollo 11 crew and the thousands of engineers and test pilots who had made this moment possible. The capsule had to enter the atmosphere at a razor-precise angle.
If they came in too shallow, the capsule would skip off the atmosphere like a rock on a pond. After a breathless communication blackout of three minutes, Armstrong signaled a successful reentry and the recovery ships made the first visual contact of the capsule with its parachutes deployed. Apollo 11 astronauts L-R Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin peering out a quarantine room window aboard recovery ship Hornet following splashdown from their historic moon mission.
The Apollo 11 mission concluded exactly eight days, three hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds after launch with a splashdown landing in the Pacific Ocean, about nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and 12 miles from the recovery ship, the USS Hornet. The three astronauts emerged from the banged up CM capsule wearing biological contamination suits for fear that they brought back toxic moon bacteria.
They would remain inside a mobile medical quarantine facility resembling a modified Airstream trailer for 21 days before being cleared to return to their families. Editor's note: This feature, originally posted in , has been updated for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Follow Elizabeth Howell howellspace. Original article on Space. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community space.
Elizabeth Howell is a contributing writer for Space. She is the author or co-author of several books on space exploration.
Elizabeth holds a Ph. She also holds a bachelor of journalism degree from Carleton University in Canada, where she began her space-writing career in
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