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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex in Florida, Apollo astronaut Al Worden shares his thoughts about the Space Program after receiving the Ambassador of Exploration Award. Worden is being honored for his contributions to the U.S. space program. A moon rock encased in Lucite, the award is seen at right and will be displayed at Kennedy. Worden served as command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission, which set several moon records for NASA, including the longest lunar surface stay time, the longest lunar extravehicular activity and the first use of a lunar roving vehicle. Worden spent 38 minutes in a spacewalk outside the command module and logged a total of 295 hours, 11 minutes in space during the mission. NASA is giving the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the first generation of explorers in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs for realizing America's goal of going to the moon. The rock is part of the 842 pounds of lunar samples collected during six Apollo expeditions from 1969 to 1972. Those astronauts who receive the award will then present the award to a museum of their choice. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-4350
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke (far right) joins Buzz Aldrin, Walt Cunningham, Edgar Mitchell and Al Worden on the stage at NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration of the July 1969 launch and landing on the moon. Eight Apollo astronauts participated in the ceremony. Duke served as lunar module pilot on Apollo 16 in 1972. He and astronaut John Young set a record of 72 hours and 14 minutes on the lunar surface. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4173
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Closing NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Center Director Bob Cabana thanks the Apollo astronauts who participated. Seen here (from left) are Al Worden, Edgar Mitchell, Walt Cunningham and Buzz Aldrin. The celebration honored the July 1969 launch and landing on the moon. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4195
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is filled with guests gathered to hear about the Apollo 11 launch and landing in July 1969 from eight Apollo astronauts: Buzz Aldrin, Walt Cunningham, Edgar Mitchell, Al Worden, Charlie Duke, Vance Brand, Gerald Carr and Bruce McCandless . The event is part of NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4188
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Closing NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Center Director Bob Cabana thanks the Apollo astronauts who participated. Seen here (at left) are Al Worden, Edgar Mitchell, Walt Cunningham and Buzz Aldrin; at right is Charlie Duke. The celebration honored the July 1969 launch and landing on the moon. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4194
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin comments on his experiences as one of the first moon walkers, on the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. At right is astronaut Walt Cunningham. Aldrin, Cunningham and other Apollo astronauts participated in NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4177
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldren is introduced during NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration. He was joined by seven others involved in the program. Aldrin walked on the moon during the first lunar landing, Apollo 11, on July 20, 1969. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4168
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell shares his experiences with an eager crowd gathered for NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration of the July 1969 launch and landing on the moon. Mitchell walked on the moon on the Apollo 14 mission in 1971 and was backup lunar module pilot for Apollo 16. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4181
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Closing NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Center Director Bob Cabana thanks the Apollo astronauts who participated. Seen here are Charlie Duke (behind Cabana), Vance Brand and Gerald Carr. The celebration honored the July 1969 launch and landing on the moon. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4193
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke shares his experiences with spectators crowd gathered for NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration of the July 1969 launch and landing on the moon. Duke served as lunar module pilot on Apollo 16 in 1972. He and astronaut John Young set a record of 72 hours and 14 minutes on the lunar surface. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4184
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Walt Cunningham, Edgar Mitchell and Al Worden applaud during the introduction of Charlie Duke at NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration of the July 1969 launch and landing on the moon. Eight Apollo astronauts participated in the ceremony. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4172
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Walt Cunningham, Edgar Mitchell and Al Worden applaud during the introduction of Charlie Duke at NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration of the July 1969 launch and landing on the moon. Eight Apollo astronauts participated in the ceremony. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
The mission plan of Apollo 11 was to land two men on the lunar surface and return them safely to Earth. The spacecraft carried a crew of three: Mission Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., was launched by a Saturn V from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, and after three days until they entered lunar orbit. Collins was awaiting on Lunar orbit while the Eagle Lunar Module with Armstrong and Aldrin and has landed in Moon's Mare Tranquillitatis at 3:17 p.m. EST on July 20, 1969. Immediately after landing on the Moon, Armstrong and Aldrin prepared the LM for liftoff as a contingency measure. Following the meal, the astronauts began preparations for the descent to the lunar surface. Armstrong emerged from the spacecraft first. While descending, he released the Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly on which the surface television camera was stowed, and the camera recorded humankind's first step on the Moon. A sample of lunar surface material was collected and stowed to assure that, if a contingency required an early end to the planned surface activities, samples of lunar surface material would be returned to Earth. Astronaut Aldrin subsequently descended to the lunar surface. The astronauts collected lunar samples, deployed several experiments, and made photographs of the lunar surface. Two and a quarter hours later, the astronauts reentered the Lunar Module, after which the astronauts slept. The ascent from the lunar surface began 21 hours and 36 minutes after the lunar landing. In about four days, the Command Module entered Earth atmosphere and landed in the Pacific Ocean.