One of the most extraordinary achievements in United States history occurred 50 years ago. Here's what the Americans who helped produce a 'giant leap for mankind' had to say about the mission.
It's estimated that over 530 million people watched the broadcast of the moon landing live on television on July 20, 1969.NASA’s comparison of archive video and restored video showing Neil Armstong descending a ladder from the Apollo 11 Lunar Module.Those were the words from former Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell, who was just one of millions of people around the globe who watched in awe as Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.
Michael Collins, one of the three Apollo 11 astronauts, said that this goal set forth by President Kennedy was one of the key factors that propelled the mission into motion. The mid-summer morning featured “highly suitable weather, with winds 10 knots from the southeast, temperature in the mid-80s, and clouds at 15,000 feet,”Anxiety swelled among the large crowds that gathered along the Florida coast, but not in the cramped cabin where the three Apollo 11 astronauts sat atop a 363-foot-tall Saturn V rocket.announced 36 minutes after liftoff
“We copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again,” Charlie Duke, the spacecraft communicator based in Houston, replied.during the landing, the highest of any commander during the Apollo program.after the mission. The two astronauts spent over two-and-a-half hours walking around on the moon where they collected moon rocks, planted an American flag and even spoke with President Richard Nixon.
While Armstrong and Aldrin were on the lunar surface, Collins stayed in command and service module that remained in orbit around the moon.
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