10 Amazing Apollo 11 Facts

10 Amazing Apollo 11 Facts 1. The average age of the men who staffed Apollo 11’s Mission Control was only 26 years old. 2. The NASA Space Task Group was a 35-member team created in 1958, with the goal of landing a man on the moon, which they achieved in just over ten years. 3. The Apollo 11 mission was made possible by President John F. Kennedy, who promised NASA unlimited funding so long as they landed an American on the moon within 7 years. 4. Two different rockets were responsible for the eventual formation of the Apollo 11 mission: the Sputnik rocket, launched by the Soviet Union as the world’s first to reach outer space; and Vanguard, a rocket launched by the U.S. Navy that failed so miserably that the American government was motivated to create NASA. 5. The Apollo 11 astronauts were immediately placed into quarantine for 21 days after returning to Earth, to be sure they hadn’t encountered any diseases on the moon. 6. The Apollo 11 mission patch shows an eagle landing on the surface of the moon, a reference to the “Eagle“ lunar lander the crew used. 7. Saturn V, the rocket that propelled the Apollo 11 crew to the moon, is the single most powerful machine ever built. 8. The lunar module the crew of Apollo 11 flew to land on the surface of the moon only carried enough fuel for one landing attempt before aborting back into orbit, meaning they had only one shot at success. 9. The televised broadcast of Neal Armstrong’s first walk on the moon had an audience of around 650 million people. 10. Items that the Apollo 11 astronauts left behind on the surface of the moon include an American flag, medallions bearing the names of astronauts who had died in space-flight-related accidents, and a silicone disk bearing goodwill messages from 73 different countries. For more interesting Apollo 11 facts, check out our article. here: Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more amazing facts about everything: @UCZxmYOAglFN29DPr7mEaDLQ