{"id":464,"date":"2011-07-20T13:45:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T13:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/?p=464"},"modified":"2012-02-12T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T16:47:08","slug":"nasa-anniversary-apollo-11-moon-landing-july-20-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/?p=464","title":{"rendered":"NASA ANNIVERSARY:  APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING &#8211; July 20, 1969"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/a11F.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-505\" title=\"a11F\" src=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/a11F.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">42 years ago, on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to step foot on another heavenly body.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 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While descending, he released the Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) on which the surface television camera was stowed, and the camera recorded humankind&#8217;s first step on the Moon at 109:24:19 GET.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The astronauts carried out a planned sequence of activities that included deployment of a Solar Wind Composition experiment, a Laser-Ranging Retroreflector and a Passive Seismic Experiment Package; also collecting samples of lunar material and photographing terrain. While Armstrong and Aldrin completed their tasks on the lunar surface, command module pilot Michael Collins kept vigil in the Columbia module orbiting above.<\/p>\n<p>The three reunited and landed safely in the Pacific Ocean four days later.<\/p>\n<p>For more info: www.nasa.gov\/apollo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/flown_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-504\" title=\"flown_\" src=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/flown_-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/flown_-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/flown_-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/flown_.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a>Cover flown to the moon with Apollo 11.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DL-envelope-Apollo-11-launc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-526\" title=\"DL-envelope-Apollo-11-launc\" src=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DL-envelope-Apollo-11-launc-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DL-envelope-Apollo-11-launc-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DL-envelope-Apollo-11-launc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DL-envelope-Apollo-11-launc.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a>DL stationery <a href=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DL-envelope-Apollo-11-splas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-525\" title=\"DL-envelope-Apollo-11-splas\" src=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DL-envelope-Apollo-11-splas-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DL-envelope-Apollo-11-splas-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DL-envelope-Apollo-11-splas-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DL-envelope-Apollo-11-splas.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a>envelopes designed by me for the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My private FDC (self adhesive printed cachet) for Apollo 11 designed stamps (2009) see <a href=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/?p=123\">http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/?p=123<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/private-FDC_Apollo11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-528\" title=\"private-FDC_Apollo11\" src=\"http:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/private-FDC_Apollo11-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/private-FDC_Apollo11-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/private-FDC_Apollo11-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alecbartos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/private-FDC_Apollo11.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>42 years ago, on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to step foot on another heavenly body. 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