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The Apollo 11 Journey in Photographs


Today in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon while Michael Collins watched from orbit. Words can't describe the trip the astronauts -- and the nation -- took that day.

Kennedy.jpg

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searchlights.jpg

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premission.jpg

kids.jpg

launchrollout.jpg

astronautprep.jpg

enroute.jpg

prelaunch.jpg

collinswaiting.jpg

ignition.jpg

launch.jpg

fromthetower.jpg

liftoffviewers.jpg

pasttower.jpg
liftoff.jpg

saturnstreaking.jpg
missionimage.jpg

inthepit.jpg

earthclose.jpg

lunarmodule.jpg
earth2.jpg

insideapollo.jpg

insideview.jpg

moonwhoa.jpg

landingsite.jpg

craters.jpg

buzz.jpg

lunarmoduledescending.jpg

interiorcontrols.jpg

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missioncontrol.jpg

lunarmodulemoon.jpg

ladder_a11_big.jpg

spaceman.jpg

lunarmodulebuzz.jpg

americanflag.jpg

missioncontrolEVA.jpg

carryingstuff.jpg
littleearth.jpg

superspaceman.jpg

bootprint.jpg

lunarmoduleascent.jpg

fullmoon.jpg

neilhappy.jpg
closeupearth.jpg

splashdown.jpg

missioncontrolsplashdown.jpg

mobilequarantine.jpg

qurantinedvan.jpg

quarantinenixon.jpg

tickertape.jpg

All Images: NASA.
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