#OTD 51 years ago, Apollo 11 launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center with NASA Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins aboard. Four days later, Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the Moon's surface, while Collins orbited overhead in the Command Module: https://go.nasa.gov/3j7tRV0 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

A supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 landing on the moon was created to "improve its understanding of plume-surface interactions," according to NASA. Read more 👉 https://trib.al/TN7Yfyc Credit: Patrick Moran, NASA Ames Research Center/Andrew Weaver, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Trembling Anticipation by Dream Cave / courtesy of http://www.epidemicsound.com | Space.com

The Apollo 11 mission successfully landed the first astronauts on the moon. But their return to Earth was an equally impressive journey 🧑‍🚀 | National Geographic TV