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First Landing on the Moon

  • Apollo 11 Launch

    Apollo 11 Launch
    Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:32 a.m. EDT.
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  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
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    Touch Down to Take Off

    -The lunar module touched down on the moon's Sea of Tranquility, a large basaltic region, at 4:17 p.m. EDT.
    -4:17 p.m EDT-6;17 P.M. EDT: Armstrong and Aldrin checked all of Columbia's (Command Service Module) systems, configured "Eagle" (Lunar Module) for a stay on the moon, and ate.
    -11:56 p.m. EDT: Neil Armstrong exclaims, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
    -1:54 p.m. EDT (07/21/1969): Lunar module left the moon and returned to the Columbia .
  • Eagle Plunges Into the Pacific Ocean

    Eagle Plunges Into the Pacific Ocean
    Apollo 11's team splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:50 p.m. EDT, only a few miles from the recovery ship, the U.S.S. Hornet.
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