Apollo 11 in Pictures

By Miss Cellania in Pictures, Science & Tech on Jul 16, 2009 at 8:52 am

40 years ago today, Apollo 11 lifted off from Cape Canaveral. The Big Picture celebrates with a collection of large images of the mission. This photograph was taken by astronaut Michael Collins as the Eagle approached the Command Modeule to rendezvous for the trip home. Link -via the Presurfer

(image credit: NASA)

Tags: Apollo, History, nasa, Space

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Garster
Jul 16th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Amazing photos, just absolutely amazing…
richard
Jul 16th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
except for the astronaut taking that photo, every human alive at the time is within the frame of that photo.

stick that in your neat-hole!
Johnny Cat
Jul 16th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
granted richard, but by that logic, so are all the dead people who have ever lived.
renderanything
Jul 16th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Stunning.

I don’t see how anyone could try and deny that we ever landed on the moon with ‘evidence’ like this.
ted
Jul 16th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
My neat-hole is currently full.
Ali S.
Jul 17th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Awesome pictures! Man, it makes me wish I was born back then to watch the moon landing on TV as it was happening.
Xinavera
Jul 17th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
The Big Picture is always great, but this one is particularly awesome.

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