Landing a man on the moon was the ultimate goal of the Apollo space program. Check out more Apollo pictures in this collection.
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The Saturn V rocket was designed for the Apollo program to take three astronauts to the moon. Check out pictures of major Apollo parts on the next page.
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A cross section illustration of the Saturn V and Apollo spacecraft. See more pictures of the Saturn V rocket on the next page.
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A cross section of the S-IVB section of the Saturn V rocket. Check out a cross section of the lunar module on the next page.
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A cutaway illustration of the Apollo spacecraft, including the lunar module. You can get a feel for what it's like to be in the lunar module on the next page.
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A fish-eye view of a lunar module simulator. Looks cozy, doesn't it?
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A man on the moon: Apollo 11 lunar module pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., in a July, 20 1969 photograph by Neil Armstrong, the first human to step on the lunar surface.
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The Saturn V rocket lifts off July 16, 1969 from the Kennedy Space Center. See more pictures of blastoff on the next page.
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The Saturn V rocket lifts off from the launch pad. Next, we'll take a look at the lunar module coming in for a landing.
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The lunar landing module Eagle descends onto the surface of the moon, carrying Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. They set foot on the lunar surface on the next page.
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Mankind left its first footprints someplace other than Earth during the Apollo 11 mission, as Aldrin and Armstrong walked on the lunar surface.
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The flag of the United States stands alone on the surface of the moon. See more pictures from the surface of the moon on the next page.
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Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. deploying scientific experiments. On the next page you can see Aldrin posing with the flag.
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Buzz Aldrin poses for a picture next to the American flag on the surface of the moon. Next, you can see one of the most famous pictures taken from the moon.
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The Earth rises over the lunar horizon. Next, you can see how the astronauts traveled on the surface.
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Moon rover tracks on the lunar surface during the Apollo 16 mission. Get a bird's-eye view of the lunar surface on the next page.
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This May 1969 view of the lunar surface comes courtesy of Apollo 10. It was the first manned mission to orbit the moon, and was NASA's final test run for the moon landing later that year. The snake-like trough in the upper part of the frame is Rima Ariadaeus, a type of lunar groove called a rille. It may represent a fault line in the moon's structure.
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The longest Apollo mission was also the last. For 12 days in mid-December 1972, Apollo 17 was away from Earth. Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt (the first scientist-astronaut to make the journey) spent 75 hours on the lunar surface and collected 257 pounds (117 kg) of moon rock samples. They also captured this view of the lunar surface.
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Apollo 16 lands on the surface of the moon.
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An artist's rendering of the Apollo command module's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Get ready for the module splashdown, coming up on the next page.
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Apollo 16 prepares for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Find out how the astronauts were recovered on the next page.
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The Apollo 11 astronauts are extracted from the Command Module. Check out the celebration that was thrown for the returning astronauts on the next page.
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A ticker tape parade is thrown for Apollo 11 crew upon return to Earth. Our next picture shows three earlier astronauts who were not nearly so fortunate.
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Apollo 1 astronauts (L-R) Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee in front of the Saturn 1 launch vehicle at Kennedy Space Center. A fire in the capsule during pre-launch testing killed all three men; it also led to safety improvements in future missions.
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Queen Elizabeth II standing next to the Apollo 14 command module.
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