July 20 is the fiftieth anniversary of man’s first landing on the Moon, “a giant leap for mankind”, as Neil Armstrong described it.
Timeline:
Launch: July 16, 1969
Moon landing: July 20
Earth landing: July 24
About:
Significance: Apollo-11 was man’s first landing on the Moon.
Launch rocket: Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 16, and was the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program.
Crew members: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were taken to the Moon by the Apollo-11 mission in 1969. Their third colleague, Michael Collins, remained in the command module in the lunar orbit.
What happened during the landing: Armstrong and Aldrin moved around on the surface of the Moon for over two hours. They collected rock and soil samples, carried out experiments, and planted an American flag. They spent a total of 21 hours, 36 minutes on the Moon’s surface, most of it inside the lunar module.
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