Manned Space Flight, USA, Apollo 11 Apollo 11 mission badge, 1969

Manned Space Flight, USA, Apollo 11 Apollo 11 mission badge, 1969. Apollo 11, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong - Commander, Michael Collins - Command Module pilot and Edwin ÔBuzzÕ Aldrin - Lunar Module pilot, was the first manned lunar landing mission. It was launched on 16ht July 1969 and Armstrong and Aldrin became the first and second men to walk on the moon on 20th July 1969. The third member of the crew, Michael Collins, remained in lunar orbit. All the Apollo missions had an official emblem of this type, worn by the astronauts on their spacesuits as a mission patch, or badge. ©SSPL/NASA