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NEIL ARMSTRONG

APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING

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.

NEIL A. ARMSTRONG

Apollo II On the Moon

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, prepares to deploy the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) during the Apollo 11 lunar surface extravehicular activity, July 20, 1969. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70 mm lunar surface camera. During flight the EASEP is stowed in the Lunar Module scientific bay at the left rear quadrant of the descent stage looking forward. Aldrin is removing the EASEP from its stowed position. (AP Photo/NASA)

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Moon Landing Anniversary Photo Package

A crowd watches July 20, 1969, in Central Park, New York, as the Apollo 11 crew lands on the moon.

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Moon Landing Anniversary Photo Package

Most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular photograph taken July 1969 from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its translunar coast toward the moon. Apollo 11 was already about 98,000 nautical miles from earth when this picture was made.

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Moon Landing Anniversary Photo Package

The Apollo 11 lunar module rises from the moon's surface July 20, 1969, for docking with the command module and the trip back to Earth.

NEIL A. ARMSTRONG

Moon Landing Anniversary Photo Package

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descends steps of Lunar Module ladder July 20, 1969, as he prepares to walk on the moon.

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Moon Landing Anniversary Photo Package

A footprint left by one of the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission is shown July 20, 1969, in the soft, powder surface of the moon.

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Moon Landing Anniversary Photo Package

Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, is seen July 20, 1969, inside the Lunar Module while it rests on the lunar surface.

NEIL ARMSTRONG

APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING

Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. poses July 20, 1969, for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

Anonymous

APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, the first men to land on the moon, plant the U.S. flag July 20, 1969, on the lunar surface.

Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:55 pm

Monday in Explorer / New Jersey's man on the moon

Forty years ago, the first men walked on the moon, and one of them, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, was from New Jersey. Learn all about the Apollo 11 mission, and our good friend Buzz, on Monday.

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Posted in Coming-up on Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:55 pm.

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