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Apollo 11 : Moon Landing

Pinaki Bagh

Published: 2019
Categorie(s): Non-Fiction, Science and Technics, History
Source: Google News, Magazines & Articles.
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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon.
Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both
American, landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17
UTC.
Introduction
In the 50 years since July 20, 1969, and the first humans landing on the
moon, we’ve grown accustomed to seeing the same pictures of the Apollo 11
mission again and again. But there is a wealth of material beautifully
archived at NASA. In honor of Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and
Michael Collins, as well as the thousands of people who contributed to this
extraordinary—and provocative, moving, controversial, epoch-making, tear-
jerking and outrageous—undertaking, here are a few selected images that
don’t often see the light of day—or space.
Apollo 11 may be the standout mission of the lunar landing program,
but its greatest contribution might be that it opened the door for the
science heavy flights that followed.
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon but the least inclined
to talk about it.
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The film, "First Man," captured his private nature; his two sons served as
movie consultants. Such reticence merely reinforced the mystery surrounding
the late astronaut, who by skill, hard work and chance became the first
human to set foot on another world.
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Armstorng was superbly qualified for the job: fighter pilot in Korea, X-15
test pilot, one of the only two civilians selected for the second astronaut
group in 1962., Gemini 8 command pilot, backup commander of Apollo8 and,
Finally, commander of Apollo 11.
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He had proven his mettle again & again. He had to gain control of his
tumbling Gemini 8 spacecraft in 1966 and bring it down early, and he ejected
from a lunar lander training device in 1968 just before it crashed in flames in
Houston.
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Armstrong left NASA two years after Apollo 11 mission & taught
Engineering at University of Cincinnati until 1979. He spent his remaining
years in his home state of Ohio. He finally agreed to a biography: 2005's
"First Man" by historian James Hansen, the basis for the FILM.
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Armstrong died in 2012at the age of 82.
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, but the first astronaut
to have a doctorate and dance with the stars.
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On July 20, 1069, astronauts Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin with his colleague, Neil
Armstrong walked on the Moon for the first time in the history of mankind.
They explored the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon while astronaut
Michael Collins remained with the command & service module in lunar orbit.
It was the first manned mission ever.
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Buzz Aldrin revealed the existance of a monolith -a single piece of stone-
on Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars. On July 2009, Aldrin referred to
the Phobos monolith: "We Should go boldly where man has not gone before.
Fly by the comets, visit asteroids, visit the moon of Mars."
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Now, at the present time on 2016, Buzz Aldrin was medically evacuated
from the South Pole and Taken to a hospital in New Zealand after he fell ill
during a tourism adventure to Antarctica.
Michael Collins
Michael Collins was born in Rome Italy on October 31, 1930. Inspired by
John Glenn, he was chosen by NASA to be part of the third group of
astronauts. His first spaceflight was the Gemeni 10 mission, where he
performed a spacewalk. His second was Apollo 11- first lunar landing in
history.
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In the Apollo 11 mission, Collins accompanied by Neil Armstrong & Buzz
Aldrin, remained in the command module while his partners walked on the
surface of the moon. Collins continues circling the moon until July 21, when
Armstrong & Aldrin rejoined him. They landed on Pacific Ocean on 24th
July.
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Collins, Armstrong & Aldrin received the President Medal of Freedom by
Richard Nixon. Collins left NASA on January 1970 & one year later he
joined the administrative staff of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
DC. In 1980, he entered the private sector currently working as an aerospace
consultant.
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