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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 9:56am On Aug 24, 2015
July 11, 1969. A technician works atop the white room, through whichthe astronauts will enter the spacecraft.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 9:58am On Aug 24, 2015
July 11, 1969. The MSS moves down the pad 39A ramp, leaving the Saturn V alone during a Countdown Demonstration Test

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 9:59am On Aug 24, 2015
July 11, 1969. Searchlights illuminate the Apollo 11 space vehicle at Launch Complex 39A during a Countdown Demonstration Test.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:00am On Aug 24, 2015
Pad Leader Guenter Wendt, kneeling, supervises the egress of Apollo 11 crews from spacecraft following a countdown demonstration test. Visible in hatchway is Command Module PilotMichael Collins.

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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:03am On Aug 24, 2015
16 July, 1969. The crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission arrives atop Pad A, Launch Complex39, Kennedy Space Center, during the Apollo 11 prelaunch countdown. Leading is astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander. He was followed by astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot. Technician follows directly behind Armstrong and Collins.
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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:14am On Aug 24, 2015
July 16, 1969. Saturn V SA-506 at the moment of ignition.

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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:17am On Aug 24, 2015
Launch of Apollo II.

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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:20am On Aug 24, 2015
Apollo 11 liftoff as viewed by a launch tower camera.

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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by officialteemi(m): 10:24am On Aug 24, 2015
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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:30am On Aug 24, 2015
Liftoff of Apollo 11 as viewed from the LC-39 press site. July, 16 1969.

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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:32am On Aug 24, 2015
Apollo 11 has cleared the tower.

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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by tosynbolade(m): 10:38am On Aug 24, 2015
This is educative. Weldone op

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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:40am On Aug 24, 2015
Personnel in the Launch Control Center watch the liftoff.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:43am On Aug 24, 2015
Apollo 11 climbs toward orbit.

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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Neroclassic(m): 10:44am On Aug 24, 2015
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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:46am On Aug 24, 2015
Apollo 11 as viewed from an Air Force EC-135N plane. A 70mm Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System (ALOTS) camera took this picture.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:47am On Aug 24, 2015
tosynbolade:
This is educative. Weldone op

Thanks bro.
Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:51am On Aug 24, 2015
Looking back: Earth shrinks as Apollo 11 continues its journey.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:53am On Aug 24, 2015
TV Time: Aldrin looks into the TV camera during the third broadcast from space on the way to the moon.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 10:58am On Aug 24, 2015
Moon orbit: The Apollo 11 Command and Service Modules (CSM) are photographed from the Lunar Module (LM) in lunar orbit during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 11:01am On Aug 24, 2015
After Armstrong had descended the ladder from the Lunar Module, Aldrin followed. Here is a photo of Aldrin exiting the lander and making his way down to the surface. It took over 30 minutes for both astronauts to disembark from The Eagle.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 11:06am On Aug 24, 2015
One Small Step After descending from the lunar module after a successful landing on July 20, 1969, Armstrong makes a bootprint in the loose lunar regolith. The astronauts' bootprints remain untouched on the dusty surface to this day.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 12:50pm On Aug 24, 2015
Aldrin hops across the lunar landscape to deliver components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiment Package (EASEP) to their deployment site.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 1:21pm On Aug 24, 2015
Aldrin sets up the Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE) that wasused to gather data about how seismic waves travel through the lunar interior.

http://news.discovery.com/space/history-of-space/moon-landing-rarely-seen-photos-inside-apollo-11-140720.htm

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 1:32pm On Aug 24, 2015
Tranquility Base: Armstrong and Aldrin deploy the American flag outside the lunar module "Eagle" at Tranquility Base in the Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 1:34pm On Aug 24, 2015
Aldrin poses for a portrait.

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Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 1:36pm On Aug 24, 2015
Lunar Emotion: Armstrong inside the lunar module just after his famous moonwalk.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 1:38pm On Aug 24, 2015
Return: Collins photographs the returning lunar module with Armstrong and Aldrin inside. Soon after, the lunar module docked with the orbiting Command and Services Modules to begin the journey back to Earth.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 1:40pm On Aug 24, 2015
Splashdown: The three Apollo 11 crew men await pickup by a helicopter from the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the lunar landing mission, after a fiery reentry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 1:43pm On Aug 24, 2015
Celebration: Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), showing the flight controllers celebrating the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 1:46pm On Aug 24, 2015
Left to right: Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, in a 21-day quarantine, are greeted by their wives.

Re: A Trip To The Moon: Photos Of How They Assembled Apollo II (NASA). by Nobody: 1:54pm On Aug 24, 2015
New York City welcomes Apollo 11 crewmen in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue in a parade termed as the largest in the city's history on Aug. 13, 1969.

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