Apollo 11

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon. On July 20, 1969, the United States astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to leave their homeworld of Earth and land on another celestial body, something that other, more advanced species may take for granted but is considered a major accomplishment in the history of human space exploration. They were launched in a capsule on top of a Saturn V rocket.

Fiction

Ghosts of Yesterday

The Apollo 11 mission contained the first manned human craft to reach the moon. Unknown to most people, this also served as an elaborate cover for the secret launch of Ghost 1, a far more advanced spacecraft reverse-engineered from alien technology. Ghosts of Yesterday

Dark of the Moon film

At one point, the Ark crashed on the Moon, with Sentinel Prime and other Autobots aboard. This event was detected by the United States government and investigating this was deemed important enough to send a manned crew to the Moon, with the excuse of beating the Soviets as a cover story for the true objective of investigating the alien ship. Dark of the Moon

IDW movie comics

Soundwave monitored both the launch of the Ghost 1 craft and Apollo 11, but Soundwave himself thought the Ghost 1 craft was more important than Apollo 11. Thanks to Soundwave getting distracted, human astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were able to carry out the first brief excavation of the Ark. Convergence chapter 4

External links

• Apollo 11 at Wikipedia