The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned lunar landing. It was the fifth manned mission in the Apollo program. "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." -Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 - Crew. Neil Armstrong (flew in Gemini 8 & Apollo 11), commander Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin (flew in Gemini 12 & Apollo 11), lunar module pilot Michael Collins (flew in Gemini 10 & Apoll ...

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The first Apollo landing site, in the southern Sea of Tranquility about 20 km (12 mi) southwest of the crater Sabine D, was selected in part because it had been characterized as relatively flat and smooth by the automated Ranger 8 and Surveyor 5 landers, as well as by Lunar Orbiter mapping spacecraft, and therefore unlikely to present major landing or Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) challenges. Armstrong bestowed the name Tranquillity Base ...

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Apollo 11 - Trivia. Some internal NASA planning documents referred to the callsigns of the CSM and LM as "Snowcone" and "Haystack"; these were quietly changed before being announced to the press. Shortly after landing, before preparations have begun for the EVA, Aldrin broadcast that - This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the pas ...

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The National Archives in Washington, D.C. has a copy of the following contingency memo titled "In Event of Moon Disaster" and dated July 18, 1969, which was prepared by William Safire for President Nixon to read on television, in the event the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the Moon. "Fate has ordained that the men who went to the Moon to explore in peace will stay on the Moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know tha ...

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Apollo 11 - Backup crew. James Lovell (flew in Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8,Apollo 13), commander Fred Haise (flew in Apollo 13), lunar module pilot Bill Anders (flew in Apollo 8), command module pilot Apollo 11 - Support crew. Ron Evans (flew in Apollo 17) Ken Mattingly (flew in Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51-C) Jack Swigert (flew in Apollo 1 ...

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