NASA Headquarters: “Mission Control in Houston celebrates after splashdown. ” (July 24, 1969) Photo ID: S69-40299.

“Joan Aldrin (C) applauding her husband, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, as she watches TV coverage of splashdown at end of mission.” Houston, TX, US. Photo by Vernon Merritt III, July 24, 1969.

Splashdown time was 12:50:35 p.m. EDT.

A girl holds The Washington Post of Monday, July 21st 1969 stating ‘The Eagle Has Landed Two Men Walk on the Moon’: “This is a picture of my mother holding the Washington News Paper on Monday, July 21st 1969 stating ‘The Eagle Has Landed Two Men Walk on the Moon’. The photo was taken by my grandfather.” Photo by Jack Weir (1228-2005).

“As evidenced by the clocks, the photo was taken 53 minutes after liftoff.”

NASA Headquarters: “Apollo 11 Saturn V from the control room at the Kennedy Space Center after rising about ten times its own length.” (July 16, 1969). Photo ID: KSC-69PC-387.

“Apollo 11 space ship lifting off on historic flight to moon during which astronauts Edwin Aldrin & Neil Armstrong walked on lunar surface.” Photo by Ralph Morse, Cape Canaveral, FL, US, July 16, 1969.

Launch time was 9:32:00 a.m. EDT.

Same photo without the watermark from NASA Headquarters, photo ID: S69-39961).

“Spectator’s feet protuding out of driver’s-side window while waiting for takeoff of moon-landing mission, Apollo 11, at Cape Kennedy, Florida.” Photo by Bill Eppridge, 1969.

Bill Eppridge comments: “A man’s feet in a car during launch. I was on the beach for lift-off and photographed a lot of spectators. It was a a leisurely photo position.” (read more over at Eppridge’s blog).

“Spectator dozing while waiting for takeoff of moon-landing mission, Apollo 11, at Cape Kennedy, Florida.” Photo by Bill Eppridge, 1969.

NASA Headquarters: “The Apollo 11 Saturn V on the pad at night during a Countdown Demonstration Test” (July 11, 1969). Photo ID: KSC-69PC-357.

“Michael Collins with his wife Pat at a beach in Texas, March, 1969. “The shot of Mike lying on the beach reading, with a stack of paperbacks under his head, like a pillow, really sort of captures him. It made sense that he’d be the Command Module pilot, orbiting alone above the moon while Neil and Buzz were on the surface. Mike was a very capable guy, obviously, and comfortable when he was by himself.” Photo and comments by Ralph Morse.

A real-time, interactive re-creation of the Apollo 11 mission, 40 year after Apollo 11 made JFK’s dream a reality. By the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum.

Check a multimedia flash feature produced by NASA for the 35th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. You can also visit Apollo 40th Anniversary website produced by NASA.

Other interesting links:

– Boston.com / The Big Picture: Remembering Apollo 11.
– Project Apollo: Image Gallery
– New Yortk Times Lens blog: / Showcase: Our Moon
– The Guardian: Appolo 11 Moon Landing
– NASA: Apollo HD video gallery.
– Kottke: The giant Apollo 11 post (many interesting links).
Indicommons: “Carnival of the commons: on the Moon” (links to publicly held photography collections related to the Moon).