Fifth manned mission

Apollo 11
On September 11, 2001, dramatic suicide terrorist
attacks took place in the United States: four
commercial passenger aircraft were hijacked, and
three of them were deliberately flown by the
hijackers into the two Twin Towers of the World
Trade Center in New York City.

1969
The Saturn V rocket lifted off
from the Kennedy Space Center in
Florida with the three astronauts
LAUNCH on board: Neil Armstrong, Edwin
"Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins.
The rocket carried them into
Earth orbit.

JULY 17
After orbit insertion, the
Apollo 11 spacecraft
headed for the Moon.
JOURNEY TO THE MOON

JULY 18 During the

astronauts
trip, the
performed
various tasks, such as
JOURNEY TO THE MOON course corrections and
systems checks.
The spacecraft entered
lunar orbit. Collins remained

JULY 19
aboard the command and
service module "Columbia",
while Armstrong and Aldrin
entered the lunar module LUNAR INSERTION
"Eagle" to prepare for
descent to the lunar
surface.
The Eagle lunar module
separated from the

JULY 20
LUNAR DESCENT
Approximately four days after
launch, the Eagle lunar module landed
command module and began
its descent to the Moon.
During the descent,
Armstrong and Aldrin had
to negotiate obstacles and
select a safe landing site.

JULY 21
in the region known as the Sea of
Tranquility. Neil Armstrong uttered
the famous phrase "One small step
for man, one giant leap for mankind"
as he became the first human to set LUNAR LANDING
foot on the lunar surface.

Armstrong and Aldrin

performed a variety of

JULY 22
ACTIVITIES ON THE MOON
The Apollo 11 spacecraft
began the return trip to
activities on the lunar
surface, such as collecting
lunar rock samples, taking
photographs, setting up
science experiments, and
displaying the U.S. flag.

JULY 24
Earth. After completing a
series of maneuvers and
entering the Earth's
atmosphere, the BACK TO EARTH
astronauts successfully
splashed down in the ocean.