Apollo 11's 50th Anniversary Postcard for International Postcard Week

Happy International Postcard Week - October 6-12, 2019

This postcard is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

For this years postcard, I decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.  It is amazing how far we have come in 50 years!  Back then you needed an entire room for a computer, now you can hold one in the palm of your hand.

Take care,
Brenda

On the font is:
Neil Armstrong, Michael Conllins and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin.

This postcard was postmarked with two 2019 'First Moon Landing' stamps.

Neil Armstrong Home Coming Day Parade in Ohio

Neil Armstrong Home Coming Day at Wapakoneta, Ohio.  September 6, 1969, traversing the parade route in his home town, and greeting his fellow townsmen, is Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to set foot on the moon.

Photo by Floyd Hivnor

Apollo 11 Astronauts, Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin

John F. Kennedy Space Center
N.A.S.A.

The prime crew for Apollo 11, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, watch as the space vehicle scheduled  to carry them to the moon was positioned on the launch pad.

Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins

Neil Armstrong, the courageous and cool commander of the Apollo 11 flight and first man on the moon; Edwin E. Aldrin, command pilot of Lunar Module and the second man on the moon; Michael Collins, pilot of Command Module, who flew the Command Module alone while his comrades were on the surface of the moon.  Three names for Immortality, inscribed on the rolls of history for all times.

Photo courtesy: NASA

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

One of the most striking and memorable of all moon photographs.  Aldrin photographed by Armstrong with Armstrong's own reflection in Aldrin's face plate along with the Lunar Module and Aldrin's shadow clearly visible.

Photo courtesy:  NASA