Man on Moon

Almost 50 years ago ….

 

APOLLO 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16 at 9:32 am (13:32 UTC) and was the fifth manned mission of NASA's Apollo program.

Thia was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Moon:Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first human to step onto the lunar surface six hours after landing on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Michael Collins piloted the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21.5 hours on the lunar surface before rejoining Columbia in lunar orbit.

 

APOLLO 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program. Launched at 12:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 7, 1972, with a crew made up of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt

Evans remained in lunar orbit in the Command/Service Module, but Cernan and Schmitt spent just over three days on the moon, (three moonwalks, taking lunar samples, deploying scientific instruments).

This 12-day-mission broke several records:

- longest moon landing, longest moonwalks, largest lunar sample, longest time in lunar orbit

Cernan (last man on moon) , Evans and Schmitt returned to Earth on December 19 , 1972

 

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