Who can think of a better introduction to Rebel Riders than the biggest of them all: Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin.
This legendary astronauts – the Apollo 11 crew, left on July 16th 1969 on a ride for the Moon, arriving 4 days later on July 20th.
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” states Neil Armstrong after being the first human to imprint his foot on the Moon. “Me and Buzz Aldrin walked around the Moon for around three hours, making experiments, taking samples”. They put a US flag, a patch honoring the fallen Apollo 1 crew and left a sign that reads “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind”.
On July 24th all three astronauts came back to Earth safely.
NASA’s Apollo 11 mission launches from Cape Canaveral (then known as Cape Kennedy), Florida, July 16, 1969. (Photo by Ralph Morse/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images)Post-undocking view of the CSM during the separation sequence, with the eastern part of the Sea of Fertility (Mare Fecunditatis) about 195 km below.Buzz, after deploying both the east and west solar panels on the seismometer. In the background, we can see the LM, the LRRR, the U.S. flag, and the TV camera.24 July 1969 The three Apollo 11 crew men await pickup by a helicopter from the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The fourth man in the life raft is a United States Navy underwater demolition team swimmer. All four men are wearing biological isolation garments. Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, onboard, splashed down at 11:49 a.m. (CDT), July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and only 12 nautical miles from the USS Hornet.
