Apollo 11 crew photo (left to right) Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr, Neil Armstrong, and signed cover with KSC official cancel on launch day 16 July, 1969.
Apollo 11 "Dow-Unicover" insurance cover cancelled on launch date, 16 July 1969.On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon, while Collins orbited above them. After a day spent exploring the moon's surface, all three members of the Apollo 11 mission returned to Earth on July 24, 1969.
Apollo 11 "NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Stamp Club" insurance cover cancelled on moon landing day, 20 July 1969.About 500 million people across the world watched the video broadcast of the moon landing, making this the largest audience that any transmission has had to this day. Armstrong's now famous words, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind", fulfilled the challenge set out nearly a decade earlier by the US President, John F. Kennedy, to land a man on the moon.
Apollo 11 Captain's cover - 6,000 copies of this envelope were produced by the ship's commanding officer. This cover was machine cancelled aboard the USS Hornet recovery ship on the day the Apollo 11 crew splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Photo: Apollo 11 crew in their quarantine station.
Photo: Apollo 11 crew at press conference.