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The first humans who will step foot on Mars are walking the Earth today.
It was 45 years ago that Neil Armstrong took the small step onto the surface of the moon that changed the course of history. The years that followed saw a Space Age of scientific, technological and human research, on which we have built the modern era. We stand on a new horizon, poised to take the next giant leap—deeper into the solar system. The Apollo missions blazed a path for human exploration to the moon and today we are extending that path to near-Earth asteroids, Mars and beyond.
Technology drives exploration and we're building on the Apollo program's accomplishments to test and fly transformative, cutting-edge technologies today for tomorrow's missions. As we develop and test the new tools of 21st century spaceflight on the human Path to Mars, we once again will change the course of history.
Read more about NASA's next giant leap:
www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-next-giant-leap/
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Apollo 11 Mission image - Lunar surface with Astronaut boot in field of view (July 20, 1969)
Lunar surface with an astronaut boot and bootprint in field of view. Image taken at Tranquility Base during the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled S. Film Type: Ektachrome EF SO168 color film on a 2.7-mil Estar polyester base taken with a 60mm lens. Sun angle is Medium.
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Credit: NASA/APOLLO 11
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Close to the centre of this photo of the moon is where the Apollo 11 crew landed. The picture is a little poor due to hot weather and turbulence there are no shadows to be seen as it is a full moon.
An image of the 363-foot-tall Saturn V rocket that carried the Apollo 11 crew to the moon 50 years ago was projected on the facade of the Washington Monument
Description The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission crew, pictured from left to right, Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S69-31739
Date: May 1, 1969
Near the Apollo 11 Lunar Module landing site, there is a line of three craters named for Niel Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, & Michael Collins. The smallest is only 2.6 km or about 1.3 seconds of arc in size. These were imaged with a Questar 3.5" telescope, 2x2x Dakin Barlow lenses, and a Sony a6300 camera.
Related images at: astronomy.robpettengill.org/MoonTranquilityBase160414_byT...
NASA's Apollo 11 flight crew, Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot stand near the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle that would eventually carry them into space on July 16, 1969.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 69-H-913
Date: May 20, 1969
This week in 1967, the Saturn IB S-IVB-209 stage was successfully static-fired for a mainstage duration of 465 seconds in the Beta I test stand at Douglas Aircraft's Sacramento Test Operations facility. The firing was terminated by liquid oxygen depletion cutoff as planned. The S-IVB stage was developed under the direction of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and was powered by one J-2 engine capable of producing 225,000 pounds of thrust. Here, S-IVB-506, used on the Apollo 11 mission, is hoisted in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for mating with the S-II, or second, stage of the Saturn V rocket. Now through December 2022, NASA will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Program that landed a dozen astronauts on the Moon between July 1969 and December 1972, and the first U.S. crewed mission -- Apollo 8 -- that circumnavigated the Moon in December 1968. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA's remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA 's activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA's history, visit the Marshall History Program's webpage.
Image credit: NASA
Description Aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle, the Apollo 11 mission launched from The Kennedy Space Center, Florida on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. The space vehicle is shown here during the rollout for launch preparation. The 3-man crew aboard the flight consisted of Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module pilot. Armstrong was the first human to ever stand on the lunar surface, followed by Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin. The crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material which was returned to Earth for analysis. The surface exploration was concluded in 2½ hours. With the success of Apollo 11, the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished. The Saturn V launch vehicle was developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 6975606
Date: May 20, 1969
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. In the right background is the Lunar Module "Eagle." On Aldrin's right is the Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment already deployed. This photograph was taken by Neil A. Armstrong with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: AS11-40-5873
Date: July 20, 1969
“MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER ASTRONAUT TRAINEE
Neil A. Armstrong, 32, born Wapakoneta, Ohio. Five feet, 11 inches tall. Weighs 165 pounds. Blond hair, blue eyes. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sterber Armstrong of Wapakoneta. Married to former Janet Elizabeth Shearon of Chicago, Illinois. One son -- Eric, 5. Last assignment -- NASA test pilot on X-15 program at Edwards Air Force Base, California.”
Check out Neil's lapel...he's wearing - rightfully so - what I’m assuming to be a/his "Society of Experimental Test Pilots" pin.
If so, OUTSTANDING.
Forty years after the historical manned mission to land on moon was launched, this only natural satellite orbiting the planet Earth is still and will continue to be a source of inspiration to so many writers, poets, composers, musicians, painters, photographers, sculptors, and scientists worldwide.
Since the very beginning of registered history of mankind, this lovely astronomical creature was at the center of human interest. In ancient Iraq (Mesopotamia) wisdom was personified by the god Nanna and was centralized along with Shamash and Ishtar to represent the moon, the sun and the planet Venus respectively…In ancient Egypt the wisest of the Egyptian gods was Thoth the god of the moon. A similar central role was assigned to the moon god of Selene as it was called in the Greek mythology and to Luna in the Roman. While stars played a significant role in leading caravans in their long journeys in ancient times, the moon was the base (along with the sun) upon which the time was measured and date was organized into 12 (lunar) months of 30 or nearly 30 days each…
Today as the world commemorates the 40th anniversary of the historical launch of Apollo 11, I feel morally committed to congratulate all U.S. flickr friends believing that they should take pride in the fact that the first man to set foot on moon (on July 21, 1969) was an American…but just as Neil Armstrong put it the moment he stood on the surface of the moon "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for MANKIND" I believe that this great U.S. scientific achievement was and still is so global a victory that I feel I have the right to be proud of too.
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft. This is my model astronaut, up a mountain, held up against the sky and inverted in post production. I hope he is the right stuff.
"Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...Can you hear me Major Tom".
Astronaut Edwin E."Buzz" Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon. He has just deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP). In the foreground is the Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP); beyond it is the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3); in the center background is the United States flag; in the left background is the black and white lunar surface television camera; in the far right background is the Lunar Module "Eagle". Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: AS11-40-5948
Date: July 20, 1969
The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle climbs toward orbit after liftoff from Pad 39A at 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 16, 1969. In 2 1/2 minutes of powered flight, the S-IC booster lifts the vehicle to an altitude of about 39 miles some 55 miles downrange. This photo was taken with a 70mm telescopic camera mounted in an Air Force EC-135N plane. Onboard are astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 69PC-0413
Date: July 16, 1969
At 9:32 a.m. EDT, the swing arms move away and a plume of flame signals the liftoff of the Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle and astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 69PC-0421
Date: July 16, 1969
this is my USS Enterprise I made a while back and some of my favorite spaceships from science fiction made at the same scale as the Enterprise. from left to right they are the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (TOS), the Saturn 5, the millennium falcon, an X wing, the Milano, a star trek shuttle and the Tardis.
After achieving the goal of landing on the moon, the crew of Apollo 11 (Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin) returned home to Earth on July 24th, 1969.
Upon splashing down, the Apollo 11 crew underwent a 21 day quarantine. The purpose of this was to protect against the small possibility of lunar contagion. This procedure was discontinued after Apollo 14. This photo provides a candid view of the astronauts in the Mobile Quarantine Facility.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: KSC-69PC-429
Date: July 24, 1969
The 🎹 is set up to cut an intro for The Astronot film which screens at the US President & Literary Festival Oct 5 in Freemont, Ohio.
The Apollo 9 astronauts, left to right, James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart, pause in front of the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle that would launch the Apollo 8 crew. The launch of the Apollo 9 (Saturn V launch vehicle, SA-504) took place on March 3, 1969. The Apollo 9 spacecraft, in the lunar mission configuration, was tested in Earth orbit. The mission was designed to rehearse all the steps and reproduce all the events of the Apollo 11 mission with the exception of the lunar touchdown, stay, and liftoff. The command and service modules, and the lunar module were used in flight procedures identical to those that would later take similar vehicles to the Moon, and a landing. The Apollo 9 crew landed on March 13, 1969.
Image credit: NASA
Original image:
www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/apollo9_45th.html
More Marshall history images:
www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/gallery/marshall_hi...
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The gloves worn by Buzz Aldrin to train for his EVA on Apollo 11 on exhibit.
In honor of the 41st anniversary of the first moonwalk.
History Meeting House in Warsaw, 20th July. Exhibition of photos from NASA archives about Apollo program and landing on the moon.
In the summer of 2019, thanks to Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, MLB ballparks were home to one of 15 replica statues of Neil Armstrong’s iconic spacesuit to celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo Moon landing. As part of a kickstarter to conserve and digitize Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit, and put it back on display for the first time in over a decade, the spacesuit was 3D scanned. Those scans were used to create an authentic replica of the suit to give ballpark visitors a look at the suit’s many intricate details. Apollo 11 was the collective achievement of 400,000 individuals working together towards a common goal. To highlight this national effort, the Museum brought a piece of Apollo to Americans across the country. As our national pastime, baseball provides countless exciting moments for millions of Americans every year and MLB ballparks were the perfect venues for new generations to learn more about that summer night 50 years ago.
On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle landed in the Sea of Tranquility, and humans stepped foot on the Moon for the first time. With that historic achievement, Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins became American heroes and earned international acclaim. The Apollo program remains the only time in history that humans have set foot on another celestial body. Apollo at the Park celebrates the astronauts who took our first small steps beyond Earth and the hundreds of thousands of Americans who worked together to make one giant leap for all humankind
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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This photograph shows the Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-506) for the Apollo 11 mission liftoff at 8:32 am CDT, July 16, 1969, from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Apollo 11 was the first manned lunar landing mission with a crew of three astronauts: Mission commander Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module pilot Edwin “Buzz” E. Aldrin, Jr. It placed the first humans on the surface of the moon on July 20 and returned them back to Earth on July 24.
Image credit: NASA
Original image:
www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/apollo_11_140716.html
More about Marshall Center history:
www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/index.html
Marshall History Album on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/sets/72157636868630444/
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First opening to visitors in the summer of 1979, Tranquillity Park was officially dedicated on the 10th anniversary of the historic lunar landing. On bronze plaques placed along the main entrance, the first words transmitted by Neil Armstrong from the Moon, "Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed," are written in 15 languages. A replica of one of the footprints left on the Moon by Neil Armstrong is also on display inside the park.
A two-block-long oasis of water and walkways, the mounds and depressions throughout the park are meant to represent the cratered lunar surface, and the park's 32-level Wortham Fountain features towering stainless steel cylinders designed to resemble the Apollo's rocket boosters.
400 Rusk Street
The 50 year anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin was celebrated in a 17-minute show, “Apollo 50: Go for the Moon”, by the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, which combined full-motion projection-mapping artwork on the Washington Monument and archival footage to recreate the launch of Apollo 11 and tell the story of the first moon landing, Friday, July 19, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Image Number: NHQ201907190158
Date: July 19, 2019
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Stitch of 5 shots taken with my telescope two years ago.
Mosaico de 5 fotos tomadas con mi telescopio hace 2 años.
¡¡En el puesto 113 de Explore del 20/07/2009!!
ENGLISH
This one was the official notice of the commander Neil Armstrong to the Earth day 20 of July of 1969 at 20:17:39 UTC, just at the moment that the legs of the lunar module of Apollo 11 settled on the surface of the Moon, in the Sea of the Tranquillity (to see exact point in the photo of the commentary). It passed 102 hours, 45 minutes and 58 seconds from the takeoff of Saturn V rocket in Cape Kennedy: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed". The man was able to fulfill his dream: to arrive at the Moon. I have vague memories of the TV broadcasting of the first lunar walk (I was 3 years old). I remember my parents woke me up at early morning and took me in front TV, very excited.
Today is 40 years of that moment. To this expedition they followed other 6 manned missions (5 of them successfully), until the Apolo program giveave in 1972. Although the technology of nowadays is far beyond the one of that then, Moon has stopped being interesting and at the present time the cost to resume the program would be unacceptable economically, unless other interests gave breath him. In those times the objective one was epic, the conquest of the space beginning by the one of our natural satellite. Nowadays it moves the financial economy and results.
In these days it is being spoken to return to send astronauts to the Moon, at 2020, to install a permanent base, as previous step for another conquest: Mars.
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CASTELLANO
Éste fue el comunicado del comandante Neil Armstrong a la Tierra el día 20 de julio de 1969 a las 20:17:39 UTC, justo en el momento que las patas del módulo lunar del Apolo 11 se posaron sobre la superficie de la Luna, en el Mar de la Tranquilidad (ver punto exacto en la foto del comentario). Habían transcurrido 102 horas, 45 minutos y 58 segundos del despegue del Saturno V en Cabo Kennedy: "Houston, aquí la Base Tranquilidad. El Eagle ha alunizado". El hombre conseguía cumplir su sueño: llegar a la Luna. Tengo vagos recuerdos de la retransmisión por TV del primer paseo (yo tenía 3 años). Recuerdo que mis padres me despertaron de madrugada y me llevaron frente a la tele, y se respiraba agitación en casa.
Hoy se cumplen 40 años de aquel momento. A esta expedición le siguieron otras 6 misiones tripuladas (5 de ellas con éxito), hasta que en 1972 se abandonó el programa Apolo. Si bien la tecnología de hoy en día es muy superior a la de aquel entonces, la Luna ha dejado de ser interesante y hoy por hoy el coste de reemprender el programa sería inasumible económicamente, a menos que otros intereses le dieran aliento. En aquellos tiempos el objetivo era épico, la conquista del espacio empezando por la de nuestro satélite natural. Hoy en día nos mueve la economía y los resultados financieros.
En estos días se está hablando de volver a enviar astronautas a la Luna, allá por el 2020, para instalar una base permanente, como paso previo para otra conquista: Marte.
Apollo 11 mission officials relax in the Launch Control Center following the successful Apollo 11 liftoff on July 16, 1969. From left to right are: Charles W. Mathews, Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center; George Mueller, Associate Administrator for the Office of Manned Space Flight; Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, Director of the Apollo Program
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 108-KSC-69P-641
Date: July 16, 1969
The 219-page building guide (it includes the building instructions with Update #1: it’s an alternative build for connected our design with the Lego set #10266: NASA Apollo11 Lunar Lander), the printable decals sheet and two bricks lists style .xml and .pdf), is now available only by email request here: aloha.bricks@gmail.com
Crescent Earth, photographed by Apollo 11 astronauts during their return trip home.
Image credit: NASA
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Way back in July I entered my build Astronaut Footprint in a contest held by General Electric on Instagram and Twitter. The winner was to receive a pair of Limited Edition (I believe only 100 pairs were made) shoes based on the footwear worn by the Apollo 11 Astronauts.
I won the contest.. kind of. GE and I were unable to come to an agreement on the release of rights on the build and image so we parted ways and I did not win the contest or the shoes. It was unfortunate, but keeping the rights were more important to me than a pair of metallic shoes I would have never worn anyway.
So, in spirit of the almost win I made Stormtrooper Bob a pair of chrome moon boots, which he proudly wore for this photo.
I saved this for last. This is probably meant to be Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the lunar surface. The time, training, and previous missions paid off here. This was the first time in history that human beings set foot on a world other than Earth.
The display shows Buzz Aldrin stepping off the Lunar Excursion Module (also known at the LEM), with Neil Armstrong already on the surface, waiting for Aldrin. Anyone old enough to remember seeing this on TV (as best as they could) knew what an important occasion this was. The live TV images were seen all over the world, including Vietnam, where American servicemen and women could watch -- if they were able to. The planet truly was a global village that night.
I'm glad this display was lit with incandescent lights, which came close to studio lighting -- that is, 3200 degrees Kelvin. It certainly made it easier for me to tweak it on both Lightroom and Photoshop Express.
I shot this photo with my Vivitar 400 S/L camera, using my Vivitar 28mm lens. My film was Eastman Kodak 5247 motion picture stock, rated at ASA 100. I had the negative recently scanned at Samy's Camera in Pasadena.