Celebration of the Apollo Moon Landings:  America At Its Best

 

Mission patch representing the successful effort to land Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon.
Mission patch representing the successful effort to land Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon.		 All six Apollo moon landing sites are represented on this image.  For a bigger, higher resolution image, click on the image.

This image comes from a rotatable, zoomable, roamable 3D sphere of the moon with the Apollo sites listed on the sphere.  Think Googal Earth, but only with the moon instead of the Earth.  Click here to be taken to this Google Earth like 3D moon sphere.
Saturn V Launches to Take Apollo 11 and its crew of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins To the Moon
Saturn V Launches to Take Apollo 11 To the Moon
 Buzz Aldrin Honors the Flag
Buzz Aldrin Honors the Flag
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin:  First to the Moon

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin: First to the Moon		 Neil Armstrong:  The first man to set foot on the man.  He had the right stuff.

Neil Armstrong: The first man to set foot on the man. He had the right stuff.
Neil Armstong flew dangerous rocket plane missions before leading the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.  The epitomy of an American hero.
Neil Armstong flew dangerous rocket plane missions before leading the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. The epitomy of an American hero.		 The Apollo space program:  when America did great things.
The Apollo space program: when America did great things.
Neil Armstrong's first foot print on the moon.  The first time man visited another world.
Neil Armstrong's first foot print on the moon. The first time man visited another world.
 The Apollo 11 astronauts:  Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins bravely make the move to the launch site.
The Apollo 11 astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins bravely make the move to the launch site.
Mission control celebrates Apollo 11 success, and American greatness.
Mission control celebrates Apollo 11 success, and American greatness.		 President Nixon telephones Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, to convey congratulations, and wish him and his crew a safe return.
President Nixon telephones Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, to convey congratulations and wish him and his crew a safe return.
Apollo 11 Welcome
Apollo 11 Welcome		  

Those who led the way

The first man in space:  Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
The first man in space: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin		 Robert Goddard with his Double Acting Engine Rocket in 1925
Robert Goddard with his Double Acting Engine Rocket in 1925
Professor Goddard oversees the first flight of a liquid propellant rocket:  Auburn, Massachusetts, on March 16, 1926
Professor Goddard oversees the first flight of a liquid propellant rocket: Auburn, Massachusetts, on March 16, 1926		 The Mercury 7:  The first Americans in space.
The Mercury 7: The first Americans in space.
1902 Wright Brothers' Glider Tests
1902 Wright Brothers' Glider Tests		 NASA research pilots with P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter
Research pilots with P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter
Boarding Gemini VIII
Boarding Gemini VIII		 X-15 Mated to B-52 Captive Flight

Mated to B-52 Captive Flight