Mission Control

Back on Earth, Mission Control was keeping watch over every aspect of the Apollo 11 voyage, including the extravehicular activity on the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 2.5 hours moving around the surface, outside the lunar module, and about 21 hours total on the moon. The LM lifted off from the moon at 1:54 p.m. EDT on July 21.

July 16, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Photo by: NASA

| Caption by: Jonathan E. Skillings