Supplementary material to “Apollo 11 Mission Commemorated”


Published 28 July 2009


Randy Showstack, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C.

Citation:

Showstack, R. (2009), Apollo 11 mission commemorated, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(30), 258. [Full Article (pdf)]


James Lovell Jr.

James Lovell Jr., command module pilot for Apollo 8 and commander of Apollo 13.

Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin

Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin, lunar module pilot for Apollo 11.

Eugene Cernan

Eugene Cernan, lunar module pilot for Apollo 10 and commander of Apollo 17.

40th anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon landing

Apollo-era astronauts at a news briefing at NASA headquarters in Washington, D. C., on 20 July 2009, the fortieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. (left to right) Walter Cunningham, lunar module pilot for Apollo 7; James Lovell Jr.; David Scott, command module pilot for Apollo 9 and spaceflight commander of Apollo 15; Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot for Apollo 11; Charles Duke Jr., lunar module pilot for Apollo 16; Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10; and Eugene Cernan, lunar module pilot for Apollo 10 and commander of Apollo 17.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin.

Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin

Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin at a 21 July 2009 U.S. congressional ceremony to commemorate the Apollo 11 mission.

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong.


All photos by Randy Showstack, Eos staff writer.