#Apollo 11
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humanoidhistory · 9 months ago
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On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon. Art by Robert McCall.
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adastra-sf · 9 months ago
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Happy Moon Landing Day!
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On July 20, 1969 - 55 years ago today! - humans first stepped foot on another world.
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coupleofdays · 2 years ago
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Margaret Hamilton, Director of the Apollo project Software Engineering Division, with a stack of papers containing the code to the Apollo Guidance Computer navigation software. The software that on this day, in 1969, guided Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin when they landed on the Moon.
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piratesexmachine420 · 9 months ago
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Happy Moon day! 55 years ago today, Apollo 11's Eagle lunar module touched down in Mare Tranquillitatis and made history as the first time human beings stood on a world beyond our own. Here's to the landings to come!
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foone · 9 months ago
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Happy Moonmas! It's the 55th anniversary of the moon landing
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nevver · 9 months ago
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The whole world is watching
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semioticapocalypse · 9 months ago
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Jack Weir. A girl holding The Washington Post newspaper about the first Moon landing (Apollo 11). July 21, 1969
I Am Collective Memories   •    Follow me, — says Visual Ratatosk
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usnatarchives · 10 months ago
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The photograph of Buzz Aldrin standing next to the U.S. flag on the moon is among the most iconic images in U.S. history. The image was captured during the #Apollo11 mission, the first human-crewed mission to land on the Moon, on July 20, 1969. 🌙
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We have done better. We are better.
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humanoidhistory · 2 years ago
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The launch of Apollo 11, July 16, 1969.
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bignaz8 · 2 months ago
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To all flat-Earthers and moon landing skeptics:
India's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has captured detailed images of the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 moon landing sites.
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nocternalrandomness · 1 year ago
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Apollo 11 Launch - 16 July 1969
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lonestarflight · 9 months ago
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USS HORNET (CVS-12) entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, following the Apollo 11 recovery. On deck are various aircraft of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59) and the Apollo 11 Capsule (CM-107). Following decontamination procedures, the three astronauts were placed in quarantine for 18 days until August 10, 1969.
Date: July 26, 1969
U.S. Navy photo: 428-KN-18090
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frogshunnedshadows · 9 months ago
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Newspaper front pages and the cover of National Geographic magazine, regarding the Apollo 11 moon landing, 1969.
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rawyld · 9 months ago
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Moon Day
55yrs ago on July 20th 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins made history.
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coolthingsguyslike · 9 months ago
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