NASA Apollo 11: Earth Views | 55th Anniversary (1969-2024)

NASA Apollo 11: Earth Views | 55th Anniversary (1969-2024)

View of the Pacific Ocean and the West coast of the United States and Mexico

View of Africa, the Middle East, and western Asia from the Apollo 11 spacecraft

Distant Earth view from Apollo 11 spacecraft

Landing site view of Earth (in background at top) from the dark lunar plain Mare Tranquillitatis ("Sea of Tranquility") with the Apollo 11 lunar module in the foreground. 

View of Earth and of the Apollo 11 lunar module ascent stage (with commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin aboard) from the Apollo 11 command and service (CSM) module with astronaut/pilot Michael Collins. 

Earthrise from lunar orbit

Sunlit view of Earth's atmosphere

Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula

On July 20, 1969—55 years ago today—NASA's Apollo 11 lunar module, named "Eagle", touched down on the Moon with commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin. They landed in the south-western corner of the dark lunar plain Mare Tranquillitatis ("Sea of Tranquility") on the Moon's near side.

The Apollo 11 crew left behind an American flag, a patch honoring the fallen Apollo 1 crew, and a plaque on one of Eagle’s legs. It reads, “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon. July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.”

Learn more about NASA's historic Apollo 11 Moon Mission: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-11/

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Image Dates: July 16-24, 1969

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