Apollo 11 Intrigue

Talking to the Moon

Conversations in Space:
Hear what life was like on Apollo 11


Nobody except Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin will ever know what it was like to be on board the Apollo 11 mission for those eight days in July 1969

But mission recordings of conversations between the Apollo 11 astronauts and Mission Control give a unique insight into what it was like to be making history at the time

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The Apollo 11 mission to put the first humans on the Moon launched on July 16, 1969, on a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida


On their three-day journey to the Moon, the astronauts enjoyed some delicious food

They watched as Earth became smaller and smaller on their way to the Moon, and they saw it from a whole new perspective

After traveling for three days and achieving lunar orbit, they separated the lunar lander from the command module

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After a brief concern caused by a computer alarm, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon


Meanwhile, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins was orbiting on his own, hearing everything

After landing, Armstrong and Aldrin took in the view that no human had seen before


Meanwhile, Collins was thinking of lunch

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A few hours later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took the first steps on the Moon

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Mission Control updated Collins as his crewmates planted an American flag on the Moon’s surface

After Armstrong and Aldrin left the Moon and reunited with Collins, the astronauts started the journey back to Earth

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Over 195 hours after lifting off, the astronauts splashed down into the Pacific Ocean