Apollo 11 Moon Landing Newspaper Coverage, Kansas City Times, July 21, 1969
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AM2007.8.2BC
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Apollo 11 Moon Landing Newspaper Coverage, Kansas City Times, July 21, 1969.
U. S. Moon Triumph
News Photos
--Neil Armstrong first man to walk on the moon
--Edwin Aldrin Jr and Neil Armstrong collecting rock samples in a simulation for their actual task.
--Astronauts placing flag on the moon.
--Pat Collins, wife of Apollo II command module pilot, Mike Collins.
--Janet Armstrong wife of Neil Armstrong Eagle lunar module command pilot.
--Joan Aldrin, wife of Edward E. Aldrin, reaction to the landing.
--Cartoon drawn by Jules Gottl.
--Descent to the Moon: Ascent from the Moon
--Landing of Apollo II
--The moon quarter of a million miles away; as Kansas Citizens saw it.
--Sample of moon soil being scooped up by Edwin Aldrich.
--Blast off to the moon.
The flight plan, Apollo target was a tiny area on the Moon. They took elaborate precaution against Moon Germs. Apollo Moon Landing Guide on page 11.
