Images from July, 1969- Man walks on the moon
In this 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronauts stand next to their spacecraft in 1969, from left to right: Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, lunar module pilot; Neil Armstrong, flight commander; and Lt. Michael Collins, command module pilot.
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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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Most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its translunar coast toward the moon
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A footprint left by one of the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission shows in the soft, powder surface of the moon.
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In this May 25, 1961, file photo, President John F. Kennedy speaks in the House of Representatives before a joint session of Congress in Washington. In the background are Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and House Speaker Sam Rayburn. During the address, Kennedy issued the challenge, ". . .I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
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This is a composite picture of the moon with a circle marking the landing site of Apollo 11, projected as of July 6, 1969, in the Sea of Tranquility
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Excited fans stand and cheer when an announcement came over the public address system of a safe landing for the "Eagle" spacecraft on the moon at the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs doubleheader baseball game, July 20, 1969, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descends steps of Lunar Module ladder as he prepares to walk on the moon.
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In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudges across the surface of the moon leaving behind footprints. The U.S. flag, planted on the surface by the astronauts, can be seen between Armstrong and the lunar module. Edwin E. Aldrin is seen closer to the craft. The men reported the surface of the moon was like soft sand and they left footprints several inches deep wherever they walked.
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In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong walks slowly away from the lunar module to explore the surface of the moon.
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In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed walking near the lunar module during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity.
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In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, is seen inside the Lunar Module while the LM rested on the lunar surface. Astronauts Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module Pilot, had already completed their extravehicular activity when this picture was made.
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American servicemen pause on a downtown Saigon Street to read a local newspaper account of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, July 21, 1969, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. From left are Air Force. Sgt. Michael Chivaris, Clinton, Mass., Army Spec. 4 Andrew Hutchins, Middlebury, Vt.; Air Force Sgt. John Whalin, Indianapolis, Ind.; and Army Spec. 4 Lloyd Newton, Roseburg, Ore.
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In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.
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In this photo provided by the Smithsonian Institution, the Apollo 11 command module Columbia which carried astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins to the Moon and back in July 1969 is seen at the National Air and Space Museum.
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In this July 20, 1969 file photo, a crowd watches, as the Apollo 11 crew lands on the moon, in Central Park, New York. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, file)
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In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, the first men to land on the moon, plant the U.S. flag on the lunar surface. Photo was made by a 16mm movie camera inside the lunar module, shooting at one frame per second.
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This photo shows the Project Apollo 11 blastoff to the moon from Cape Kennedy, Florida, July 16, 1969.
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ThinkFilm provided this photo of (left to right) Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin after the July, 1969 Apollo 11 mission from "In the Shadow of the Moon."
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The largest Moon rock in existence is shown at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio on Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. This is one of many rocks astronaut Neil Armstrong brought back from his first trip to the Moon in 1969.
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