This is the insignia the Apollo 11 astronauts will wear when they blast off from Cape Kennedy July 16th on the first lunar landing mission. Astronaut Neil Armstrong is to se foot on the lunar surface early 7/21.
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.: Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, and Buzz Aldrin (front to rear) leave crew quarters and walk to a transfer van which took them to Pad 39A and their waiting moon rocket.
US Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, walking on the Moon July 20 1969. Taken during the first Lunar landing of the Apollo 11 space mission by NASA.
'Buzz' Aldrin Saluting the Flag\
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin prepares to deploy the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP) from the Eagle lunar module during lunar surface extra vehicular activity of the Apollo 11 mission.
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks near one of the legs of the Eagle lander at Tranquility Base on the moon's surface.
Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, was launched on 16 July 1969.
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong leaves a footprint on the surface of the Moon at Tranquility Base.
View of astronaut's footprint in lunar soil. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin were launched to the moon on July 16, 1969.
Neil Armstrong in the cockpit of the command module on Apollo 11, on his way to the Moon. | Location: aboard Apollo 11, between Earth and the Moon.
Astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins are welcomed aboard the USS Hornet by President Richard Nixon. The astronauts are in a Mobile Quarantine Facility.