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Travel Bug Dog Tag Great Moments in Human Flight #6

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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Origin:
Oregon, United States
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Travel around the world proclaiming the wonder of man's ability to fly.

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Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins

The Apollo 11 space flight landed the first humans on Earth's Moon on July 20, 1969. The mission, carried out by the United States, is considered a major accomplishment in the history of exploration and represented a victory by the U.S. in the Cold War Space Race with the Soviet Union. Launched from Florida on July 16, the third lunar mission of NASA's Apollo Program (and the first G-type mission) was crewed by Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin landed in the Sea of Tranquility and became the first humans to walk on the Moon. Their landing craft, Eagle, spent 21 hours and 31 minutes on the lunar surface while Collins orbited above in the command ship, Columbia.

The three astronauts returned to Earth with 47.5 pounds (21.55 kilograms) of lunar rocks and landed in the Pacific Ocean on July 24. Apollo 11 fulfilled U.S. President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon before the Soviet Union by the end of the 1960s, which he had expressed during a 1961 mission statement before the United States Congress: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."[3] Five additional Apollo missions landed on the Moon from 1969–1972. Mission: Travel around the world proclaiming the wonder of man's ability to fly.

This is one of six medallions commemorating “Great Moments in Human Flight” that were awarded to me by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, of which I am a member.

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Visited 9/11/2014 FloridaJim took it to Geocache Colorado - 106.12 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/11/2014 FloridaJim took it to Vista Vows Colorado - 1.89 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/11/2014 FloridaJim took it to Pillows aren’t for sleeping Colorado - 30.26 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/10/2014 FloridaJim took it to Huerfano Butte Colorado - 76.25 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/10/2014 FloridaJim took it to Pikes Peak Granite Colorado - .07 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/10/2014 FloridaJim took it to Pike Never Made It! Colorado - 3.94 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/10/2014 FloridaJim took it to Inukshuk 1 Colorado - 142.43 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/10/2014 FloridaJim took it to Hoodoo Hideout Colorado - 10.95 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/10/2014 FloridaJim took it to Cheyenne GPS Calibration Wyoming - 235.18 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/10/2014 FloridaJim took it to El Tablón (The Plank) Wyoming - 12.26 miles  Visit Log
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