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The initial crew assignment of Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Buzz Aldrin on the backup crew for Apollo 9 was officially announced on November 20, 1967. [50] Lovell and Aldrin had previously flown together as the crew of Gemini 12.
Apollo 11's crew members were commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, and command module pilot Michael Collins.
Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles.
Facts about Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, the crew of Apollo 11.
Apollo 11 Official Crew Portrait Mission Commander Neil A. Armstrong, civilian. Personal: Born August 5, 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio. Married, two children. Education: B.S. in aeronautical engineering, Purdue University, 1955. M.S. in aerospace engineering, University of Southern California, 1970. Spaceflights: Command pilot, Gemini 8 (1966).
Apollo 11 crew: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. (Image credit: NASA) From Earth to the moon. Mission planners at NASA studied the lunar surface for two years,...
Three astronauts were selected as backups for the crew: James A. Lovell, commander; William A. Anders, command module pilot; and Fred W. Haise, lunar module pilot. All three backup crew members would eventually fly on Apollo missions.
The three astronauts on Apollo 11. The Apollo 11 crew consisted of three men. Neil Armstrong - Mission Commander. Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin - lunar module pilot . Michael Collins - command module pilot. There were three parts to the spacecraft.
The prime crew consisted of Commander Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin. All three were experienced astronauts, each having flown one Gemini mission.
Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. Courtesy of NASA. Lunar Experiments. After the Lunar Module landed on the Moon’s Sea of Tranquility, Aldrin and Armstrong conducted a series of landmark scientific experiments.