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Entries in total: 96
Missions: 40
Programs: 9
Topics: 34
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Buzz Aldrin, with Armstrong and the lunar module reflected in his visor (AS11-40-5903).

A7L Spacesuit

Twenty-one layers of fabric, rubber, and film, hand-sewn by seamstresses at ILC Dover — a manufacturer of Playtex undergarments. The A7L Spacesuit was a miniature spacecraft in its own right: it protected against vacuum, temperatures from −156 to +121 °C, and micrometeoroids.

Rollout of a Saturn V from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad (NASA).

Program · 1961–1972

Apollo

The Apollo program (1961–1972) was the American crewed Moon-landing program led by NASA. It comprised 11 crewed missions and culminated in the first human Moon landing with Apollo 11, followed by five more successful landings.

Topic · 1969

Apollo 10

Apollo 10 was the dress rehearsal for the Moon landing in May 1969. Stafford and Cernan descended in the Lunar Module to about 15 km above the surface, while Young remained in the Command Module in lunar orbit.

Mission · May 1961

Apollo 11

Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy’s commitment to land a human on the Moon before the end of the 1960s. Eagle landed on 20 July 1969; Armstrong’s first step followed at 02:56 UTC on 21 July, still 20 July in the United States.