by dionysus on 2009/08/13
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New York City welcomes Apollo 11 crewmen in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue in a parade termed as the largest in the city’s history on August 13, 1969. Pictured in the lead car, from the right, are astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. (NASA)
With grateful thanks to “The Big Picture” from boston.com, and following up on our Antidote du Jour series of July 20th – 24th commemorating the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 lunar mission, Â successful landing and return.
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by dionysus on 2009/07/24
Home, at last!!
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Apollo 11 astronauts stand next to their spacecraft in 1969 on the deck of the USS Hornet recovery vessel, from left to right: Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, lunar module pilot; Neil Armstrong, flight commander; and Lt. Michael Collins, command module pilot. (AP Photo, file) Credit: Associated Press
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by dionysus on 2009/07/23
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With a half-Earth in the background, the Lunar Module ascent stage with Moon-walking astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. approaches for a rendezvous with the Apollo Command Module manned by Michael Collins. The Apollo 11 liftoff from the Moon came early, ending a 22-hour stay on the Moon by Armstrong and Aldrin. Credit and thanks to: NASA
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by dionysus on 2009/07/22
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Astronaut Edwin F. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, faces the camera as he walks on the Moon during Apollo 11 extra vehicular activity in this July 1969 file photograph. Credit and thanks to: Reuters
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by dionysus on 2009/07/21
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The Apollo Command/Service Module stationed over the moon’s surface during the Apollo 11 mission, 20th July 1969. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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by dionysus on 2009/07/20
