The race to the moon is over. NASA celebrates the first man in history to walk on the Moon's surface. Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins made up the Apollo 11 team that blasted off from Kennedy Space Center four days ago. Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the Moon. The two went down on the Lunar Module, called the Eagle. Collins stayed in orbit while performing experiments and taking pictures. The astronauts walked around for three hours. They also did experiments, picked up bits of Moon dirt and rock and placed a U.S. flag on the Moon. All three astronauts came back to Earth safely. It has taken less than 10 years. President Kennedy's wish has come true. Man has walked on the Moon.
Multimedia
- Video of the astronauts in orbit and landing on the moon's surface
- Photo slide show of the astronaut's preparation for the mission
- Pictures/Bios about Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins
- Pictures/Descriptions/Samples of the experiments and data collected on the mission
- Timeline of NASA space mission history
- Interview with astronauts via satellite in orbit
- Interview with doctors/space mission team
- A link to buy: Apollo 11 mission biography
- Online poll: Did you expect NASA to be the first to put a man on the moon?
- User-contributed media link (message boards)
I would like to talk to/get facts from
- Doctors that prepared the men for space
- NASA's Apollo 11 space/control crew
- Armstrong/Aldrin/Collins on their first-hand experience
- engineers that built the spacecraft
- President Kennedy on his thoughts for the Apollo 11 mission
- personal accounts from the astronaut's family members
