NASA's Historic Apollo 11 Moon Landing in Pictures

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Apollo 11 Officials Celebrate

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Ticker Tape Parade for Apollo 11 Crew

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New York City welcomes Apollo 11 crewmen in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue in a parade termed as the largest in the city's history.

Buzz Aldrin Inside the Lunar Module

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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Apollo 11 lunar module pilot, performs for his Earth-bound television audience, in this color reproduction taken from a TV transmission, from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey home from the moon.

Spacecraft Communicators for Apollo 11 Mission

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Spacecraft communicators are pictured as they keep in contact with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their lunar landing mission on July 20, 1969.

View of the Mission Operations Control Room for Apollo 11

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Interior view of the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC) during the Apollo 11 lunar extravehicular activity (EVA).

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