Apollo 11, July 1969: Landing at Tranquility Base Also known as: Apollo XI · The Moon Landing · The 1st Moon Landing
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Mission commander in “Apollo 11, July 1969: Landing at Tranquility Base”. Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.
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Lunar module pilot in “Apollo 11, July 1969: Landing at Tranquility Base”. Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong.
Related to Michael Collins (astronaut) 80% Command module pilot
Command module pilot in “Apollo 11, July 1969: Landing at Tranquility Base”. Michael Collins was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. S. Air Force Reserve.
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Lunar lander in “Apollo 11, July 1969: Landing at Tranquility Base”. Lunar Module Eagle (LM-5) is the Apollo Lunar Module that was the first crewed lunar lander flown by humans to the Moon. Part of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, it was named after the bald eagle, which was featured prominently on the mission insignia.
Related to Tranquility Base 80% Landing site
Landing site in “Apollo 11, July 1969: Landing at Tranquility Base”. Tranquility Base is the site on the Moon where, in July 1969, American NASA astronauts landed and walked on a celestial body other than Earth for the first time.
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Launch vehicle in “Apollo 11, July 1969: Landing at Tranquility Base”. The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. The rocket was human-rated, had three stages, and was liquid-fueled.
Related to Apollo command and service module 80% Return spacecraft
Return spacecraft in “Apollo 11, July 1969: Landing at Tranquility Base”. The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.
Related to Mission control center 80% Flight control
Flight control in “Apollo 11, July 1969: Landing at Tranquility Base”. A mission control center is a facility that manages space flights, usually from the point of launch until landing or the end of the mission. It is part of the ground segment of spacecraft operations.
Related to Margaret Hamilton (software engineer) 80% Flight software leader
Flight software leader in “Apollo 11, July 1969: Landing at Tranquility Base”. Margaret Elaine Hamilton is an American computer scientist. She directed the Software Engineering Division at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, where she led the development of the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo Guidance Computer for the Apollo program.