Apollo 11 astronauts biography meaning

55 Years Ago: Apollo 11’s One Small Step, One Giant Leap...

Buzz Aldrin Astronaut Apollo 11, Gemini 12 | Biography

Apollo 11 Crew
Ronald B. Anderson (born 1929)
Oil on prepared board, 1969, T/NPG.70.36
National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Blakemore, Midland, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Omar Harvey, Dallas, Texas; Mr.

and Mrs. R. K. Keitz, Dallas, Texas; Col. and Mrs. Thomas A. P. Krock, Dallas, Texas; Mr. and Mrs.W. R. Lloyd, Jr., Houston, Texas; Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Maxfield, Dallas, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Nagorny, Jr., Houston, Texas; Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Renfrow, Dallas, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor, Dallas, Texas; Dr. and Mrs. J. Robert Terry, Miami, Florida; Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas B. Young, Dallas, Texas; anonymous donor

With "one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind," at 10:56 p.m. EDT on July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon's surface. The successful Apollo 11 mission fulfilled the challenge that President John F.

Kennedy had issued to C