Apollo 11 Span Documentation

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Apollo 11 Span Documentation

This file consists of an excerpt from the Apollo 11 transcript of the moon landing.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11613283

National Archives at Fort Worth

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Apollo 11 was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program, the third human voyage to the moon, and the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It launched on July 16, 1969 carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin. On July 21, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal of "landing a man on the moon and ret...