Apollo 11 - First Steps at Tranquility Base

Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface on July 21st at 02:56 UTC

 "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Buzz Aldrin descends from the Eagle at Tranquility Base in the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon.

Buzz Aldrin getting ready to place some of the scientific packages brought from Earth

Buzz Aldrin facing Neil Armstrong near the Eagle.

The farthest distance traveled from the LM by Neil Armstrong, about 300 feet.

Apparently Armstrong was quite the camera hog, basically because he was in charge of the camera. This is probably the best shot of Armstrong taken by Aldrin.

Apollo 11 - Landing on the Moon July 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong successfully lands the Lunar Module "Eagle", on the moon on July 20th, 1969 at 20:17 UTC (Universal Time).

The Command Service Module "Columbia" , flown solo by Michael Collins, as seen from the Lunar Module "Eagle".

The Lunar Module "Eagle" begins its descent to the surface of the moon. Piloted by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Apollo 11 Launch Day, July 16th, 1969

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins sit atop the massive Saturn V rocket ready to depart for the first attempt to land on the moon. At 9:32 EDT, the five massive engines rumble, then fire and we have liftoff, the mission begins.

Apollo 11 - 45th Anniversary

While I know that there are certain people out there that don't believe we went to the moon I am not one of them. I remember getting to stay up late and watch TV as the Eagle (the moon lander) came to rest on surface of the moon July 20, 1969. My Uncle was part of the crew at Cape Canaveral that launched Apollo 11 on its historic trip to the moon.

Today I have a video sequence shot by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter of the Apollo 11 landing site. Its getting pretty hard to ignore the evidence now!

NASA Probe Sees Apollo 11 Moon Landing Site from Space (Video)

This is the famous photograph. Every human alive but one is in this picture. The only one missing is Michael Collins the astronaut behind the camera, piloting the command module