Trouble and Landing on the Apollo:
After the successful launch, Apollo 11 started its three-day journey to the moon. All of a sudden, Armstrong’s voice sounded in the mission control speaker: “radio alarm”. The computer was threatening to quit. The connection to the station back on Earth started fading. Armstrong made the decision to manually pilot the Eagle down to the Sea of Tranquility (basin on the Moon's surface). As soon as connection was reestablished, Neil immediately radioed the famous message: “The Eagle has landed”. Armstrong descended the module’s ladder and spoke his famous quote: "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Edwin Aldrin descends from the seismic experiment module in preparation for gathering samples that will be taken back to Earth for analysis in laboratories that will determine the components of the moon rock. https://archive.org/details/AS11-40-5869. Accessed 17 Jan. 2020.
"Today we dared to venture and to exist beyond the Earth. Today we became a new species." - Neil Armstrong (NASA astronaut/Apollo 11 member)
Armstrong (whose shadow is seen in the bottom left) takes a photo of the lunar module Eagle after the landing to record the historic moment among many other memories made that day. history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/kippsphotos/5961_t.jpg. Accessed 5 Jan. 2020.
Exploration and Heading Home:
Armstrong and Aldrin started gathering lunar surface samples for scientific evaluation back on Earth. After 21.5 hours on the moon, the lunar module blasted back to the Columbia. The two vehicles docked, and the astronauts then headed home. The team landed in the Pacific Ocean on July 24th, a few miles from the recovery ship, the U.S.S. Hornet. They traveled to a Mobile Quarantine Facility before being taken to Houston where they remained in quarantine until Aug. 10th.
"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind" - Richard Nixon (37th US president)
Edwin Aldrin poses for a photo on the Moon before take off back to Earth with all the footage and data. history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/kippsphotos/5903.jpg. Accessed 18 Jan. 2020.
Neil Armstrong in the lunar moduel after completing the historic moonwalk with his fellow astronauts. https://businessinsider.com/why-was-neil-armstrong-the-first-person-on-the-moon-2014-7. Accessed 22 Dec. 2019.