Apollo re-entry profile
Apollo 13.
Apollo reentry speed mach
Apollo 11 Crew
Ronald B. Anderson (born )
Oil on prepared board, , T/NPG
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 p.m. EDT on July 20, , 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 Congress on May 25, to se