DESTINATION MOON - JULY 1969

  
       
DESTINATION MOON - JULY 1969 
By Bernard Bujold-
On the Day of July 16 in 1969, three men started their travel to the the Moon. At 9:32 a.m. EDT, Apollo 11 launched from Florida, taking commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin and command module pilot Michael Collins on a mission for the history books – a mission to become the first humans to land on another celestial body. 
Four days later, on July 20Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon, while Michael Collins remained aboard the command module in lunar orbit. 
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