The Apollo 11 crewNASA's mission was a feat unlike any other in human history: After a rocket carried them 250,000 miles through space, two of these astronauts - Neil Armstrong (left) and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin (right) - landed on the moon and spent two and a half hours out on the lunar surface. That first-ever moon landing took place July 20, 1969, making this year the 50th anniversary.The astronaut in the center is Michael Collins, who stayed in orbit around the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the surface.
The photo is from May 1969 as preparations for Apollo 11 moved into the final stages. Click on through for photos from the moon, the spaceflight and the return to Earth, and from other moments in Armstrong's career.Originally published Sept. 29, 2018.Updated Oct. 11: Added two photos of the Apollo 11 mission and one of the X-15 rocket plane.Updated July 15, 2019: Added four more photos of the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong, pilotHe made history as the first human to step onto the surface of the moon, but was, above all else, a pilot.
It's what he'd wanted to be since he was a kid. Born in 1930, he grew up making model airplanes and reading aviation magazines; he got his pilot's license at 16, before he got his driver's license.In 1955, after college and combat service in the US Navy during the Korean War, he joined NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, as a test pilot. It was a decision that set him.
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