Apollo_11_-_Lunar_Landing_Mission

Apollo 11 - Lunar Landing Mission Apollo 11 – Lunar Landing Mission “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. These historic words were uttered by Neil A. Armstrong on July 20, 1969 as he became the first person to set foot on the moon. He was joined on the lunar surface shortly thereafter by Buzz Aldrin. Michael Collins, the third astronaut on the historic Apollo 11 mission, remained on board the command module during the moon walk. Armstrong and Aldrin were on the moon for approximately two hours and collected 46 pounds of lunar rock to bring back to earth. The rocks were later judged to be more than 3 billion years old. The astronauts left behind an American flag and a plaque signed by President Richard Nixon and the Apollo crew. Apollo 11 had blasted off four days earlier on July 16th. The astronauts appollo, 11, module, armstrong, aldrin, lunar, command, surface, tranquility, one, miles, landing, july, hours, historic, earth, eagle, collins, back, astronauts, approximately, years, wright, words, walk, vehicular, value, uttered, two, touching, took, third, thereafter, taken, step, space, small, signed, shortly, set, sentimental, sending, sea, rocks, rock, richard, reunited, required, remains