Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set up the American flag on the moon on July 16, 1969.
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Aldrin poses with the flag while standing next to the lunar module.
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(FILES) This July 20, 1969 file photo shows astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. walking on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (ML) “Eagle” and…
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FILE – In this July 20, 1969 file photo, astronaut Edwin Aldrin walks by the footpad of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module. Aldrin is asking everyone to remember where they…
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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…
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FILE – In this July 20, 1969 file photo provided by NASA, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin carries scientific experiments to a deployment site south of the lunar module Eagle during the…
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Armstrong’s famous first steps onto the moon became one of the most famous TV broadcasts of all time with an estimated 500 million people watching live.
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FILE – In this July 20, 1969 file photo made from a television monitor, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong walks slowly away from the lunar module to explore the surface…
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Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudges across the surface of the moon leaving behind footprints, July 20, 1969. The U.S. flag, planted on the surface by the astronauts, can…
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Armstrong works on the lunar module.
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FILE – In this July 20, 1969 file photo provided by NASA, a footprint left by one of the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission shows in the soft, powder…
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Armstrong inside the lunar module
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The Apollo 11 lunar module rises from the moon’s surface for docking with the command module and the trip back to Earth.
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The Earth rise is seen from the surface of the Moon on July 20, 1969. NASA marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon and the…
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Navy pararescueman Lt. Clancey Hatleberg disinfects Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin after they splashed down on July 24, 1969.
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President Richard Nixon greets the Apollo 11 astronauts in the quarantine van on board the USS Hornet after splashdown and recovery on July 24.
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New Yorkers line 42nd Street to cheer the triumphant Apollo 11 astronauts on Aug. 13, 1969.
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The Apollo 11 mission blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969.
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Vice President Spiro Agnew (right) and former President Lyndon Johnson (center) watch the launch.
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FILE – In this July 16, 1969 file photo provided by NASA, the Saturn V rocket that launched Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on their Apollo 11 moon…
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NASA mission control personnel in Houston watch the moon walk by Apollo 11 astronauts.
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Astronaut Michael Collins
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(Left to right) Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin in 1969
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(Left to right) Collins, Armstrong and Aldrin in 1999
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