Apollo 11 Moon landing

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Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Extraterrestrial space travel

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Date of occurrence 1969-07-20

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United States (Location)

On 16 July 1969, the Apollo 11 mission was launched. On 20 July, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz' Aldrin piloted the lunar module and set down on a flat surface called the Sea of Tranquility (Michael Collins, the third member of the mission waited behind in lunar orbit). Armstrong then took the first walk on the moon, proclaiming, ‘That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.' Aldrin soon followed Armstrong onto the surface of the moon. Altogether, they collected nearly 50 pounds of lunar samples. On 24 July, the three crew members crashed through earth's orbit and into the Pacific Ocean. The Apollo Mission was a resounding success.

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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "Apollo 11 Moon landing". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 October 2008 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=738, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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