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Corbis-Bettmann, New York July 1969 - Countless greetings and congratulatory telegrams from around the world meet after a successful landing on the Moon in Space Center Houston (Texas) and in Washington. The Earth, huntsville al space center as Pope Paul VI. In a message to the crew of "Apollo 11", now is not an insurmountable limit for humans anymore, but threshold for vastness of space and new fortunes. In New York, hundreds of thousands celebrating in the streets. The U.S. newspaper "New York Times" reported on the event, and makes for the greatest headline that has ever existed in the 118-year huntsville al space center history of the newspaper: "People land on the moon."
Worldwide approximately 600 million viewers have followed the landing of the first man on the earth satellite huntsville al space center TV, according to estimates. The stations from all continents live coverage on the event of the century. Swept empty streets there in Czechoslovakia as well as in Japan, in India as in the Arab world. Incoming informed the Soviet huntsville al space center television its viewers about the success of the U.S. competitors. In Bolivia, the 21 July declared a national "day of rejoicing."
In the Federal Republic, many newspapers bring out special editions. Some companies have shifted their starting work so that workers according to the sleepless front of the TV "Moonlit Night" can still catch a little sleep.
With a machine of the U.S. Air Force, huntsville al space center the three "Apollo 11" astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil A. Armstrong land on the Ellington Air Force Base. You are together with the physician William R. Carpentier huntsville al space center and the engineer John K. Hirasaki in the transportable quarantine station, in which they are still being placed on the aircraft carrier "Hornet". From Air Force Base, the station is brought to the moon laboratory where astronauts swap their close station with a roomier. This is sealed off with "biological" barrier against the outside world. This ensures that any entrained from space germs can not get outside. However, all studies of the astronauts in the following days found no evidence, so that the proposed quarantine period originally three weeks can be shortened to 14 days. On the evening of 13 August left the astronauts finally their isolation.
The next few days and weeks bring for the "Apollo huntsville al space center 11" crew a strenuous program, filled with honors and ceremonies. On 13 August huntsville al space center prepares them first the city of New York an enthusiastic reception with a honk and siren concert. In Los Angeles, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon gives the astronauts a formal state banquet with 1400 guests. Among those present the governors of 50 U.S. states and diplomatic representatives from 92 countries.
After the moon landing a first conclusion of the "Apollo" program can be drawn: Overall, 23.9 billion U.S. dollars have been expended about to bring people to the Earth's satellite. More than 400 000 engineers, scientists, technicians and artisans from more than 20 000 holdings were involved in this project. Questions about the meaning of this company in light of the unresolved problems on Earth are indeed made - but the fascination to have realized one of the oldest dreams of mankind, far outweighs the criticism.
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