| Apollo 11 Mission To The Moon |
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Everyone around most likely knows those words and Apollo 11 mission along with its crew are firmly placed in US history as the first humans on the moon. The Eagle image is from the name of the Lunar Lander moldule which was called "Eagle"
Legendary astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin, Jr., took a rocket ship to the moon on July 16th 1969. On July 20th, the first humans stepped onto the moons surface as they exited the lunar module they came in. The image above shows the apollo 11 takeoff
On July 24th, they returned home and were welcomed as American heroes. The mission did have a few problems along the way and alarms were triggered, however the crew did believe it was safe to continue.
stats of the Apollo 11 Moon Mission Commander of the Apollo 11 Mission: Neil Armstrong
 The eagle has landed... on the moon that is
From Wiki The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon. It was also the second all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon by the end of the 1960s Quote from speech given before a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961 "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
Buzz Aldrin in his space suit 
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Apollo 11 - "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." A historic statement made by Niel Armstrong regarding the first and only landing on the moon.
The astronauts spent 2 and a half hours outside of the lunar module. During this time, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin planted a US flag on the moons surface and collected almost 50 lbs. of lunar material, rock and soil samples. They also deployed equipment to study solar wind, seismic activity and the moon's interior. The lunar module was called "Eagle" and after almost a full day on the moon's surface, the Eagle fired up its engines and returned back to the Columbia for the astronauts trip back to Earth.
