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July 1, 1969 (Tuesday) The formal investiture of the United Kingdom 's Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales took place at Caernarvon Castle in Wales, as the crown prince's mother, Queen Elizabeth II, placed the coronet (a small crown) on in his head. [1] For the first time, the ceremony was televised live to British viewers, and was seen by an ...
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States from July 16 to July 24, 1969. It marked the first time in history that humans landed on the Moon . Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC , and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the ...
Apollo 11 missing tapes. The Apollo 11 missing tapes were those that were recorded from Apollo 11 's slow-scan television (SSTV) telecast in its raw format on telemetry data tape at the time of the first Moon landing in 1969 and subsequently lost. The data tapes were used to record all transmitted data (video as well as telemetry) for backup.
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He entered Purdue University, studying aeronautical ...
Eagle was landed at 20:17:40 UTC on July 20, 1969, with 216 pounds (98 kg) of usable fuel remaining. After the lunar surface operations, Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the Lunar Module Eagle on July 21, 1969. At 17:54:00 UTC, they lifted off in Eagle 's ascent stage to rejoin Michael Collins aboard Columbia in lunar orbit.
Armstrong and Aldrin performed the first landing at the Sea of Tranquility at 20:17:40 UTC on July 20, 1969. They spent a total of 21 hours, 36 minutes on the surface, and spent 2 hours, 31 minutes outside the spacecraft, [ 107 ] walking on the surface, taking photographs, collecting material samples, and deploying automated scientific ...
Camp Lejeune incident. The Camp Lejeune incident refers to the outbreak of hostilities between black and white enlisted Marines at an NCO Club near the United States Marine Corps 's Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, on the evening of July 20, 1969. [1][2] It left a total of 15 Marines injured, and one, Corporal Edward E. Blankston, dead. [1]
On 20 September 1994, a CD was released by Pearl entitled Apollo 11 Moon Landing: The BBC Television Broadcasts 16–24 July 1969. It contains extracts from the BBC television coverage of the first Moon landing, with additional retrospective views by Arthur C. Clarke and Patrick Moore. Lasting 73 minutes, it is based on some four hours of ...