Our Home from Space
Picture of the Earth take by Apollo 11 Astronauts
July 16, 1969 – July 20, 1969
Apollo 11 Mission
One of the most important spaceflights in the history of mankind.
July 16, 1969 – July 20, 1969
The Apollo spacecraft got cut off from the Earth!!
On July 19 at 17:21:50 UTC, Apollo 11 passed behind the Moon and fired its service propulsion engine to enter lunar orbit. In the thirty orbits that followed, the crew saw passing views of their landing site in the southern Sea of Tranquility about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the crater Sabine D.
"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969
July 16, 1969 – July 20, 1969
Apollo 11 Mission
One of the most important spaceflight in the history of mankind
Our Home from Space
Picture of the Earth take by Apollo 11 Astronauts
July 16, 1969 – July 20, 1969
The Apollo spacecraft got cut off from the Earth!!
On July 19 at 17:21:50 UTC, Apollo 11 passed behind the Moon and fired its service propulsion engine to enter lunar orbit. In the thirty orbits that followed, the crew saw passing views of their landing site in the southern Sea of Tranquility about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the crater Sabine D.
"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969
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