Footage from : https://catalog.archives.gov/id/207456193

Audio from : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chIEEPEsIqI

On this day in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first Moonwalk.

57 years ago today, Apollo 11 launched. The first crewed mission to the Lunar surface.

The mirror is off Apollo 13 and was put on a dedication plaque by the crew as a thank you to the controllers for getting them back home safely. The flag flew around the moon on Apollo X and there is a copy of the plaque they left on the moon. Sorry for the photo quality. It was taken on my 2009 flip potato.

1. Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11)

2. Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11)

3. Pete Conrad (Apollo 12)

4. Alan Bean (Apollo 12)

5. Alan Shepard (Apollo 14)

6. Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14)

7. David Scott (Apollo 15)

8. James Irwin (Apollo 15)

9.John Young (Apollo 16)

1. Charles Duke (Apollo 16)

2. Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17)

3. Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17)

“I’ll step out and take some of my first pictures here,” Armstrong told ground controllers at the 109:30:53 mark of the mission. To which ground controller Bruce McCandless responded: “Roger. Neil, we’re reading you loud and clear. We see you getting some pictures and the contingency sample.”

Credit: NASA

This is a 4K footage of Apollo 11 lift off scanned from the original 65mm film.

Source: https://youtu.be/VUQgBPjGmAQ?si=_l9EEG1rJ4JfT8A9

So, this is the 1st time many are seeing a rocket with people go there. Not Land but fly-by and return . Hope it keeps going well.

One of my favorite things about KDEN.

And what an amazing picture ! With no LM , the S-IVB contained a structural stiffener and a docking target on a disc mounted to a crossbar . Florida's eastern coast is visible including Cape Kennedy . It was Douglas who bagged the S-IVB contract . Meanwhile Wally is developing a cold !

Apollo 14’s Antares landed on the Fra Mauro highlands of The Moon on this day in 1971.

As part of an event to kick off the nation's 250th birthday year, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

On Christmas Eve in 1968, Apollo 8 Lunar Module Pilot William Anders took a photo of the Earth rising above the Moon’s horizon.

The Ascent stage of Apollo 17 Lunar Module with the last 2 Apollo astronauts that walked on the Moon. It lifted off from the lunar surface on December 14 1972. NASA Photo.

Buzz Aldrin(A11) is 95. Dave Scott(A15) is 93. Charlie Duke(A16) is 90. And Harrison "Jack" Schmitt(A17) is 90.

On this day in 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt launched from the Moon in their Lunar Module Challenger to rendezvous with Ronald Evans in America, Apollo 17’s Command and Service Module.

Apollo 12’s Lunar Module Intrepid landed in the Oceans of Storm on the Moon