All pictures courtesy of NASA
"The crew men of
the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission leave the Kennedy Space Center's Manned
Spacecraft Operations Building during the pre-launch countdown."
"The huge, 363-foot
tall Apollo 11 Spacecraft is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 on
July 16, 1969."
"The mated Apollo
spacecraft and Saturn V second and third stages pull away from the expended
first stage."
"The Apollo 11 Command
and Service Modules are photographed from the Lunar Module in lunar orbit
during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission."
"Interior view of
the Apollo 11 Lunar Module with astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot,
during the lunar landing mission."
"NASA officials
join in with the flight controllers, in the Mission Operations Control
Room in the Mission Control Center, in celebrating the successful conclusion
of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission."
"Astronaut Edwin
E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descends the steps of the Lunar Module
ladder as he prepares to walk on the Moon."
"A close-up view
of an astronaut's bootprint in the lunar soil."
"Astronaut Buzz
Aldrin walks on the surface of the Moon near a leg of the Lunar Module
during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity."
"The deployment
of the U.S. flag on the surface of the Moon is captured on film during
the first Apollo 11 lunar landing mission."
"Astronaut Buzz
Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during
Apollo 11 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the lunar surface."
"View from the Apollo
11 spacecraft of the Earth rising above the Moon's horizon."
"An oblique of the
Crater Daedalus on the lunar farside as seen from the Apollo 11 spacecraft
in lunar orbit."
"The Apollo 11 Lunar
Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit."
"This outstanding
view of the whole full Moon was photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft
during its trans-Earth journey homeward."
"New York City welcomes
Apollo 11 crew men in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park
Avenue in a parade termed as the largest in the city's history."
