Apollo 11 Mission image - Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin walks near the Lunar Module, NASA records, NARA ID 16685140.
#OTD 1969: THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs, who drank Tang
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong made one small step that forever changed history. Our records detail the carefully choreographed sequence of steps—from lift-off to splash-down—that resulted in the mission’s “giant leap for mankind."
* Check out this very long distance call from the White House to space, noted in President Nixon's atypical Daily Diary entry: "The President held an interplanetary conversation with Apollo 11 Astronauts..."
*See the green White House phone used for the call! NARA IDs 595079, 6922346.
National Archives Film Footage Fuels Apollo 11 Film - Learn how our Motion Pictures team shared footage for the CNN film.
Apollo 11: Mementos on the Moon, Text Message Blog by archivist David Langbart.
Apollo 11 Documentary Creators Speak at National Archives for Film Screenings, National Archives News
Space Exploration - NASA Records at the National Archives.
Featured Document Display: Anniversary of Apollo XI Moon Landing
