Apollo 11

Apollo 11 (or Apollo XI) was the NASA manned spaceflight programme which successfully landed a lunar module and allowed men to walk the moon's surface for the first time.

Crew members

 * Neil Armstrong (5 August 1930 – 25 August 2012), Commander
 * Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin (20 January 20 1930), Lunar Module Pilot
 * Michael Collins (31 October 1930), Command Module Pilot

Significant dates
EDT = Eastern Daylight TIme, GMT = Greenwich Mean Time
 * Liftoff: July 16 1969; 9:32 a.m. EDT (13:32 GMT)
 * Lunar Orbit Arrival: July 19 1969, 1:21 p.m. EDT (17:21 GMT)
 * Moon Landing: July 20 1969 4:17 p.m. EDT (20:17 GMT)
 * Liftoff from the moon: July 21 1969, 1:54 p.m. EDT (17:54 GMT)
 * Lunar Orbit Departure: July 22 1969, 12:55 a.m. EDT (04:55 GMT)
 * Splashdown: July 24 1969, 12:50 p.m. EDT (16:50 GMT)

Scrapbook
scans GraemeWood


 * See also TV listings for 20 July 1969 and 21 July 1969