Here’s What it Was Like to Be the Third Meet Poppy Northcutt, the Woman Who Helped Bring the Apollo 11 Astronauts Home Safely They Were at Mission Control During Apollo 11. 50 Years Later ...

Apollo 11 Mission “odd-man ... Collins, who in addition to being an astronaut was a test pilot and a major general in the reserve of the United States Air Force, retired from NASA in 1970 ...

Armstrong, always a quiet and reticent individual, soon retired ... Apollo, was the lunar module pilot. Unlike the other 11 moonwalkers, Schmidt was not a military pilot before becoming an astronaut.

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rookie Buzz had been on the Gemini 12 mission to space with the aim of proving astronauts could work effectively outside the spacecraft, which was all part of NASA gearing up for Apollo 11.

July 15, 1969 (UPI)--- "Go" reports streamed in from launch crews, weathermen and global support forces today for the launch of the three Apollo 11 astronauts tomorrow on history's first moon ...