The historic launch of the Apollo 11 mission carried three astronauts toward the moon. Two astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz aldrin set foot on the moon for the first time in human history as 530 million people around the world watched their mission on television.
The first moon landing was launched on july 16 1969 in order to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy. Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps on the moon were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. Apollo 11 concurred their mission which was to perform a manned lunar landing and return safely to Earth. This paved the way for the Apollo lunar landing missions to follow.
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Neil armstrong, the commander had flown into space before and had piloted gemini 8. Neil armstrong had an extraordinary education in aeronautical engineering at the Purdue University in 1955, and he studied aerospace engineering at USC in 1970. Before Neil was an astronaut he flew in the US navy and flew 78 missions in korea, After he received his degree from Purdue he became a civilian test pilot for NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). He then flew in seven flights in the x-15 program, following that he was chosen in the second group of astronauts in 1962 and was assigned as a backup command pilot for Gemini 5, command pilot for Gemini 8, backup command pilot for Gemini 11, and the backup commander for Apollo 8. Edwin Eugene (buzz aldrin) also had experience with space traveling as he was the first astronaut to fly who had a doctorate, as well as piloting the gemini 12, Buzz was a lunar module pilot on the mission Apollo 11. The last man on the apollo 11 crew was michael collins he served as a pilot on the Gemini 10 as well as being the first man to meet with another spacecraft while in space. The apollo 11 was filled with expert astronauts and this is one reason it resulted in a
The first moon landing was launched on july 16 1969 in order to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy. Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps on the moon were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. Apollo 11 concurred their mission which was to perform a manned lunar landing and return safely to Earth. This paved the way for the Apollo lunar landing missions to follow.
The Launch was also to acheiv the …show more content…
Neil armstrong, the commander had flown into space before and had piloted gemini 8. Neil armstrong had an extraordinary education in aeronautical engineering at the Purdue University in 1955, and he studied aerospace engineering at USC in 1970. Before Neil was an astronaut he flew in the US navy and flew 78 missions in korea, After he received his degree from Purdue he became a civilian test pilot for NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). He then flew in seven flights in the x-15 program, following that he was chosen in the second group of astronauts in 1962 and was assigned as a backup command pilot for Gemini 5, command pilot for Gemini 8, backup command pilot for Gemini 11, and the backup commander for Apollo 8. Edwin Eugene (buzz aldrin) also had experience with space traveling as he was the first astronaut to fly who had a doctorate, as well as piloting the gemini 12, Buzz was a lunar module pilot on the mission Apollo 11. The last man on the apollo 11 crew was michael collins he served as a pilot on the Gemini 10 as well as being the first man to meet with another spacecraft while in space. The apollo 11 was filled with expert astronauts and this is one reason it resulted in a