Training(01 of34)
Open Image ModalThe Apollo 11 crew relaxes during training on May 24, 1969. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Press Conference(02 of34)
Open Image ModalThe space crew of the Apollo 11 mission sits in front of cameras answering journalists\' questions during the night before the liftoff at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 16, 1969. (credit:NASA/AFP/Getty)
Launch Day Breakfast(03 of34)
Open Image ModalThe Apollo 11 crew and Donald K. \"Deke\" Slayton at the traditional launch day steak and eggs breakfast. (credit:NASA)
Suiting Up(04 of34)
Open Image ModalApollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong prepares to don his helmet on launch day. (credit:NASA)
Suiting Up(05 of34)
Open Image ModalTechnician Joe Schmitt suiting Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins for launch. (credit:NASA/Scanned by Ed Hengeveld)
Ready To Launch(06 of34)
Open Image ModalArmstrong leads the crew from the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building to the transfer van. (credit:NASA)
Before Liftoff(07 of34)
Open Image ModalApollo 11 Saturn V on launch pad 39A.\n (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center.)
Blastoff!(08 of34)
Open Image ModalApollo 11 lifts off, from launch tower camera on July 16, 1969.\n (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Blastoff!(09 of34)
Open Image ModalMoonbound Apollo 11 clears the launch tower. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Spiro Agnew And LBJ(10 of34)
Open Image ModalUS Vice-President Spiro Agnew and former US President Lyndon B. Johnson are seen in a crowd watching the liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 16, 1969. (credit:NASA/AFP/Getty)
In Flight(11 of34)
Open Image ModalLunar module pilot Edwin \"Buzz\" Aldrin during Apollo 11 mission.\n (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Lunar Orbit(12 of34)
Open Image ModalEarthrise viewed from lunar orbit prior to landing.\n (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Lunar Orbit(13 of34)
Open Image ModalCrater 308 viewed from orbit. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Lunar Module Descent(14 of34)
Open Image ModalFlight controllers during lunar module descent. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Exiting Lunar Module(15 of34)
Open Image ModalBuzz Aldrin exits the lunar module. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Exiting Lunar Module(16 of34)
Open Image ModalAldrin on the lunar module footpad. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Lunar Module Plaque(17 of34)
Open Image Modal\"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.\" (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
On The Moon(18 of34)
Open Image ModalAldrin poses for portrait. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Raising The Flag(19 of34)
Open Image ModalArmstrong and Aldrin raise the U.S. flag on the lunar surface. (credit:NASA)
On The Moon(20 of34)
Open Image ModalAldrin poses next to the U.S. flag on the moon. (credit:NASA)
Footprint(21 of34)
Open Image ModalAldrin\'s boot and footprint in lunar soil. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Footprint(22 of34)
Open Image ModalAldrin photographed this footprint in the lunar soil as part of an experiment to study the nature of lunar dust and the effects of pressure on the surface. (credit:NASA)
On The Moon(23 of34)
Open Image ModalAldrin carries experiments for deployment.\n (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
On The Moon(24 of34)
Open Image ModalAldrin assembles seismic experiment (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
On The Moon(25 of34)
Open Image ModalNeil Armstrong works at the lunar module.\n (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Taking A Photo(26 of34)
Open Image ModalArmstrong photo of lunar module from a distance. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
After Moonwalk(27 of34)
Open Image ModalArmstrong in the lunar module after his historic moonwalk. (credit:NASA)
After Moonwalk(28 of34)
Open Image ModalAldrin in lunar module after moonwalk. (credit:NASA)
Flag From Lunar Module(29 of34)
Open Image ModalFlag and TV camera viewed from the lunar module window.\n (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
In-Flight Demonstration(30 of34)
Open Image ModalAldrin shows his Earth-bound television audience how to make a sandwich in space during his journey home from the moon. When this picture was made, Apollo 11 was approximately 137,000 nautical miles from Earth. (credit:NASA)
Earth(31 of34)
Open Image ModalCloseup of Earth during return trip. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
Return Home(32 of34)
Open Image ModalThe Apollo 11 crew await pickup by a helicopter. The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia splashed down at 11:49 a.m. CDT, July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii. (credit:NASA)
In Quarantine(33 of34)
Open Image ModalApollo 11 astronauts, still in their quarantine van, are greeted by their wives upon arrival at Ellington Air Force Base on\nJuly 27, 1969. (credit:NASA History Office and the NASA JSC Media Services Center)
In Quarantine(34 of34)
Open Image ModalThe Apollo 11 crew relaxes in the quarantine van. (credit:NASA/Scanned by Jay Hanks)