Labels:text | man OCR: APOLLO 11 THE MISSIONS APOLLO The Mission Neil A. Armstrong, CDR Michael Collins, CMP O Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr ., LMP Spacecraft (command module, lunar module): Columbia, Eagle Mission duration: July 16-24, 1969 (8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes) Time in lunar orbit: 2 days, 11 hours, 34 minutes Lunar landing date, location: July 20, Sea of Tranquility Time on lunar surface: 21 hours, 36 minutes Moonwalk duration: 2 hours, 31 minutes Pounds of samples collected: 47.7 Years after, the myth would persist that NASA had handpicked the astronauts for the first landing mission. Although some NASA managers had advocated such an approach, in truth, Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins were chosen solely by luck of the draw. Armstrong and Aldrin were among the backup crew for Apollo 8; according to ...
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