Following the journey of the Apollo 11 mission in 17 iconic visuals

[caption id=“attachment_6899261” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The Saturn V rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida on 16 July, 1969. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899301” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] NASA’s crew monitoring the launch from the control room. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899311” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The crew looking at the Saturn V rocket rising above at about 10 times its own length. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899321” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] People gather at the Kennedy Space Centre to witness the launch of the Apollo 11. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899351” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The Saturn V rocket passes the U.S. flag carrying the first human beings to space. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899361” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The view of the Earth from the spacecraft. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899401” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Astronaut Buzz Aldrin inside the lunar module. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899421” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The crater Maskelyne on the surface of the Moon. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899431” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Astronaut Michel Collins stayed in the spacecraft which was in orbit while his companions landed on the Moon. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_7023551” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] buzz Aldrin poses for portrait. Image credit: NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899451” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The footprint of the first man to land on the Moon – Neil Armstrong. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899441” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The lunar module pilot of Apollo 11 – Buzz Aldrin salutes the U.S. flag. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_7023571” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Lunar module approaches command and service module for docking and the Earth rise is in background. Image credit: NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899501” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The Apollo 11 spacecraft Command Module being lowered to the deck of the U.S.S. Hornet. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899521” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Then President Richard Nixon looks through binoculars at the recovery mission. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899511” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Then President Richard Nixon looks receives the returning trio - Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_6899491” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins in the transfer van. Source: ALSJ/NASA[/caption]