Splashdown!

Safe at home!

In college, a friend asked Armstrong if he wanted to be the first man on the moon - "No," he answered, "I want to be the first man to come back from the moon"... Genius!

At 12:15 p.m. EDT July 24 the Apollo 11's command module Columbia splashed down in the mid-Pacific, about 24 kilometers from the recovery ship U.S.S. Hornet. Following decontamination procedures at the point of splashdown, the astronauts were carried by helicopter to the Hornet where they entered a mobile quarantine facility to begin a period of observation under strict quarantine conditions. The CM was recovered and removed to the quarantine facility. Sample containers and film were flown to Houston.

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Quest For Storage Space

Wow! Considering the computer on board the Apollo 11 Lunar Module had about as much technology as a digital watch does today, this super huge 256GB DataTraveler 300 jump drive from Kingston is nothing short of amazing!

Retail price is a sky high $924US.

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Behold! The Real Moonwalk Thriller!

"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind." Neil Armstrong

"This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way." Buzz Aldrin

"Ok guys, I'll guess I'll see you back here in about 21 hours or so..." Michael Collins.

The lunar module landed at 20:17 on July 20th and took off at 17:54 on July 21st.


Actually, Michael Collins, the least famous our amazing trio did a lot more than he's credited for. The now famous mission patch of Apollo 11 was his creation. Jim Lovell, the backup commander, mentioned the idea of eagles, a symbol of the United States. Collins liked the idea and found a photo in a National Geographic magazine, traced it and added the lunar surface below and Earth in the background.


The Apollo 11 Crew: Lunar Module Pilot, Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin Jr, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Mission commander and first man on the Moon Neil Armstrong.

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We Choose The Moon!

All Things Apollo 11!

• Interactive: Recreating the Apollo 11 mission in real time, with Mission control transmissions via Twitter, e-mail alerts and a mission tracker.


• Interactive: Review a space race timeline, watch videos and study the history of the space program.


• Neil Armstrong: Check written by Neil Armstrong auctioned.


• Mission audio: Sounds from the Apollo 11 mission.


• NASA: The Web site for the 40th anniversary.


• NASA: The Apollo 11 history page


• Google: Tour the moon missions.


• Twitter: ApolloPlus40 tracks the mission as it happened.


• Facebook: Visit the group page and join the conversation.


• Smithsonian: The National Air and Space Museum's exhibit on the Apollo program.


• iTunes: 'Apollo 11: The Game' is an app that puts you in the lander's cockpit.


• NASA: The Lunar Science Institute


• Wikipedia: Review the audio, photos and other links in the Apollo 11 entry.

• HBO: Featurettes on the making of the miniseries 'From the Earth to the Moon.'


• YouTube: Footage of Apollo 11's moon landing.

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