The Crew Speaks Out | Apollo 11 Preflight Press Conference
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Just in time for the 55th anniversary of the flight Apollo 11, on this edition of @mannedspace1187 we recount a preflight press conference held by the the three Apollo 11 astronauts - Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin - on July 5, 1969.
On July 16, 1969 the crew of Apollo 11 - Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in hopes of completing humankind's first visit to another planet. This fast paced look at the historic mission includes archival footage of television telecasts from space as well as footage from the critical events of the mission. If you are a fan of the Apollo program you won't want to miss this original look at the flight.
Footage & Images: NASA via internetarchive.org (with special thanks to John Stoll for uploading the footage).
Edited: Mitch Rothman