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Apollo 11 moon landing photos from July 1969
NASA's moon landing photo archives for the Apollo 11 space mission in July 1969.
The Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon July 20, 1969. (Photo: NASA)
This NASA file image shows Apollo 11 U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the Moon, next to the Lunar Module 'Eagle' (R), July 20, 1969. Apollo 11 was launched July 16, 1969, and carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission Commander and the first man to step on the Moon, Aldrin, who was the Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, who was the Command Module pilot. Armstrong took this photograph. (Photo: NASA)
This NASA file image, dated July 20, 1969, shows one of the first footprints of Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin on the moon. The Apollo 11 crew consisted of astronauts Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission Commander and the first man to step on the moon, Aldrin, who was the Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, who was the Command Module pilot. Apollo 11, launched July 16, 1969, was the first manned mission to land on the moon. (Photo: NASA)
A view of the Earth appears over the lunar horizon as the Apollo 11 Command Module comes into view of the Moon before astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. leave in the Lunar Module, Eagle, to become the first men to walk on the Moon's surface. (Photo: NASA)
With a half-Earth in the background, the Lunar Module ascent stage with Moon-walking astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. approaches for a rendezvous with the Apollo Command Module manned by Michael Collins. The Apollo 11 liftoff from the Moon came early, ending a 22-hour stay on the Moon by Armstrong and Aldrin. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 crew's portrait session shows astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin in this July 1969 handout photo courtesy of NASA. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. is strapped into his parachute harness during training at the U.S. Air Force Air Defense Command Life Support School, Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Texas in this undated handout photo courtesy of NASA. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 astronauts Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong have a pre-launch breakfast on July 16, 1969 in this NASA handout photo. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong reviews flight plans in this July 14, 1969 handout photo courtesy of NASA. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong is seen during parachute training at Perrin Air Force Base in Sherman, Texas in this May 27, 1968 handout photo courtesy of NASA. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong is suited for a training exercise at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston in this April 18, 1969 handout photo courtesy of NASA. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 astronauts Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot; Neil A. Armstrong, commander; and Michael Collins, command module pilot pose at Johnson Space Center in this January 10, 1969 handout photo courtesy of NASA. (Photo: NASA)
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, participates in simulation training in preparation for the scheduled lunar landing mission at Kennedy Space Center in this June 19, 1969 handout photo courtesy of NASA. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo-11 commander Neil A. Armstrong descends the ladder of the Lunar Module Training Vehicle during practice for his upcoming lunar landing mission in this undated handout photo courtesy of NASA. (Photo: NASA)
Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, ride the special transport van over to Launch Complex 39A where their spacecraft awaited them in this NASA handout photo dated July 16, 1969. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong waves to well wishers on the way out to the transfer van in this July 16, 1969 handout photo courtesy of NASA. Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Deke Slayton (dark shirt behind Aldrin to the left) follow Armstrong down the hallway. (Photo: NASA)
The crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission arrives atop Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, during the Apollo 11 prelaunch countdown in this July 16, 1969 handout photo courtesy of NASA. Leading is astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, followed by Michael Collins. (Photo: NASA)
This NASA file image shows former President Lyndon Johnson (C), Lady Bird Johnson (third from left, center) and then Vice-President Spiro Agnew (second from right, center) at the July 16, 1969 launching of Apollo 11 at the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex in Florida. Apollo 11, the first manned mission to land on the moon, carried U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission Commander and the first man to step on the moon, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, who was the Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, who was the Command Module pilot. (Photo: NASA)
Members of the Kennedy Space Center government-industry team rise from their consoles within the Launch Control Center to watch the Apollo 11 liftoff through a window. (Photo: NASA)
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, is pictured inside the Lunar Module (LM) while the LM rested on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission in this July 20, 1969 NASA handout photo. (Photo: NASA)
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is pictured in the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) during the lunar landing mission in this July 20, 1969, NASA handout photo. (Photo: NASA)
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descends the steps of the Lunar Module (LM) ladder as he prepares to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in this July 20, 1969 NASA handout photo. (Photo: NASA)
An astronaut's boot and bootprint in the lunar soil is pictured during the Apollo 11 lunar surface extravehicular activity in this July 20, 1969 NASA handout photo. (Photo: NASA)
This NASA file image shows U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 Mission Commander, standing next to the Lunar Module 'Eagle' on the moon July 20, 1969. Apollo 11 was launched July 16, 1969, and carried astronauts Armstrong, who was the first man to step on the moon, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, who was the Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, who was the Command Module pilot. Aldrin took this photograph. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong captures his shadow while taking a photo of the LM on the surface of the moon in this July 1969 handout photo courtesy of NASA. (Photo: NASA)
Man's first landing on the Moon was accomplished at 4:17 p.m. today as Lunar Module 'Eagle' touched down gently on the Sea of Tranquility on the east side of the Moon. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module Pilot, removes scientific experiment packages from a stowage area in the Lunar Module's descent stage. Left behind on the lunar surface by Aldrin and Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, were a Passive Seismic Experiments Package and a Laser-Ranging Retro-Reflector. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 plaque, with the names of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin and Richard Nixon, is seen on a strut of the lunar lander, on the surface of the moon in this July 1969 handout photo courtesy of NASA. (Photo: NASA)
The Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon July, 20, 1969. (Photo: NASA)
United States astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands beside a solar wind experiment next to the Lunar Module spacecraft on the surface of the Moon after he and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first men to land on the Moon during the Apollo 11 space mission July 20, 1969. (Photo: NASA)
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, deploys a scientific research package on the surface of the moon near the Lunar Module (LM) 'Eagle' during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) in this July 20, 1969 NASA handout photo. (Photo: NASA)
This NASA file image, dated July 20, 1969. The Apollo 11 crew consisted of astronauts Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission Commander and the first man to step on the moon, Aldrin, who was the Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, who was the Command Module pilot. Apollo 11, launched forty years ago on July 16, 1969, was the first manned mission to land on the moon. (Photo: NASA)
The Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon July, 20, 1969. (Photo: NASA)
The Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon July, 20, 1969. (Photo: NASA)
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit in this July, 1969 file handout photo. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command/Service Module in lunar orbit while Armstrong and Aldrin explored the Moon. (Photo: NASA)
View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon, Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled V. Film Type: S0-368 Color taken with a 250mm lens. Approximate photo scale 1:1,300,000. Principal Point Latitude was 3 North by Longitude 85 East. Foward overlap is 90%. Sun angle is High. Approximate Tilt minimum is 65 degrees,maximum is 69. Tilt direction is West (W). (Photo: NASA)
U.S. President Richard Nixon speaks with Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong (L), Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin, inside their quarantine trailer aboard the USS Hornet in this NASA handout image dated July 2, 1969. (Photo: NASA)
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong (L), Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin smile through the window of the mobile quarantine van in this NASA handout image dated July 24, 1969. (Photo: NASA)
Former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon welcomes the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet in the Pacific Ocean in this July 1969 file photo. Already confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility are, from left: Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. (Photo: NASA)
Looking through the window of a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) are (L to R) astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins speak with their wives (L to R) Mrs. Pat Collins, Mrs. Jan Armstrong, and Mrs. Joan Aldrin at Ellington Air Force Base in this July 27, 1969 NASA handout photo. (Photo: NASA)
This overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) in Houston, Texas, shows the jubilation of the celebration of mission success. Mission controllers wave their American flags just after Apollo 11 had been recovered from the Pacific Ocean. (Photo: NASA)
This NASA file image shows flight controllers celebrating the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission at the Mission Operations Control Room at the Johnson Space Center on July 24, 1969. Apollo 11, launched on July 16, 1969, carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, who was the Mission Commander and the first man to step on the moon, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, who was the Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, who was the Command Module pilot. (Photo: NASA)
This is a replica of the plaque which the Apollo 11 astronauts will leave behind on the moon in commemoration of the historic event. The plaque is made of stainless steel, measuring nine by seven and five-eighths inches, and one-sixteenth inch thick. The plaque will be attached to the ladder on the landing gear strut on the descent stage of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM). Covering the plaque during the flight will be a thin sheet of stainless steel which will be removed on the lunar surface. (Photo: NASA)
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