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A trajectory toward the moon. about 30 minutes later the crew separated the command module from the spent 3rd stage of the rocket and docked with the eagle lunar module that was still attached to it the docking maneuver worked perfectly the apollo astronauts were now well on their way to making the dream of a moon landing come true. the crew played a cassette tape of tulsa's crofts about to start. the theme had recently been

Armstrong the mission commander and pilot buzz aldrin will attempt a landing. michael collins will stay on board the command module as it continues to orbit the moon. it's now been 8 years and 2 months since president kennedy gave the order. among those doing the launch is former president lyndon johnson. or.

Genet armstrong hoped for the best. landing except for late afternoon on july 20th armstrong and buzz aldrin now entered the eagle lunar lander and separated from the columbia command module. armstrong steered the lunar module standing up the vehicle had no seats to cut down on wait. the astronauts families followed the flight on t.v. . suddenly the modules guidance computer set off several alarms but it turned out to be nothing serious. we all feared the worst but i mission control technician who'd seen this problem before told the crew to ignore the computer and keep going or ignore we had b...

Their 2 and a half hours on the moon surface the astronauts put up an american flag. mike brearley here. president richard nixon phoned the crew with a special message. i am right here i. am i think about it a member of the. right group. and am glad. a german newspaper said. is now american. the astronauts now had some time to sleep before they blasted off to rejoin the command module but they didn't get much rest it was cold and the earth was shining brightly . armstrong and aldrin left a lot of equipment on the moon surface including the modules landing gear and the

To the site of cape canaveral, florida, tomorrow. michael collins, command module pilot who orbited the moon a learned reflected upon it. >> the question usually asked me is were you not lonely? the loneliest person who had ever been on a lonely voyage around the moon and the lobely lonely, it wasn't lonely. no, i didn't feel lonely. i felt very much a part of what was going on with neil and buzz. i was their ticket home. >> people in huntsville, alabama, will celebrate with a parade at the u.s. space center marking 50 years as they gather downtown to celebrate the apollo 11 mission by dancing...