Mysterious first moon landing: 3rd astronaut and lifelong obsession

Not only is the first mission to bring people to the Moon, but it is also a mission with many mysteries that not everyone knows.

Apollo 11 is the first space mission to bring people to the surface of the Moon, one of us knows this, and we know Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin are the first people to walk on the Moon. . However, behind this mission there are many other amazing things that not everyone knows.

litter on the Moon

When Neil Armstrong was still sitting in the module to prepare for the walk, Aldrin gave Armstrong a bag full of containers. When Armstrong left the module, he threw this bag to the Moon. In the first picture he took of the Moon, the garbage bag was clearly visible in the corner of the image.

Apollo 11 garbage bags are left by NASA to the surface of the Moon.(Photo: NASA).

Astronauts often leave garbage as scientific devices to reserve space for luggage and specimens collected from the Moon. Many devices still work and even affect the success or failure of the mission. These include scales, hammers and a reflective laser transmitter to measure the distance between the Earth and the Moon.

In addition, they left behind a board that said: 'Here the people on Earth set foot on the Moon. July 1969. We came for the peaceful purpose of humanity. "This garbage bag and wordboard is still in the Moon until today.

President Nixon prepared a speech for the worst case

The current president Richard Nixon prepared a speech in case the Apollo 11 crew never returned, or worse, the two main astronauts of the mission would be trapped in the Moon. .

Regardless of success or failure, President Nixon prepared a speech and prepared himself for the astronauts' family members.(Photo: USMNN).

NASA had a great belief in the spacecraft sending them to the Moon, but the landing module was still not sure about the airline. NASA fears that the landing module will not be able to take off, malfunction between the flight path or free fall to the Moon. Whatever happens, all three astronauts will be able to die instantly, starve to the Moon or to commit suicide because there is no escape.

The speech was written by NASA one month before the flight took off. Later, it was given to William Safire as the private secretary of President Nixon and Frank Borman as astronauts working as a bridge between NASA and the White House. President Nixon's representative contacted the astronauts' families and talked first about the worst things that could happen.

US customs must mock ignorance for astronauts

After returning from the Moon and landing in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, the US customs gave the astronauts a form to declare before entering the United States.

Declaration of astronauts with US customs when returning from Earth.(Photo: NASA / US Customs and Border Patrol).

In the application they recorded the flight they had just spent: from Cape Kennedy, Florida to the Moon and the end was Honolulu, Hawaii. The accompanying portable item is 'Moon stone and Moon dust'. Customs officers are not sure about what is reported, nor are they very uncertain about astronauts' mental health issues, so they have to write in their application 'special goods' and leave them astronauts enter the United States.

There is only one shot of Armstrong on the Moon

Neil Armstrong was the first name when it came to the Apollo 11 mission. However, most images of astronauts walking on the Moon in that flight were Buzz Aldrin. Armstrong and Aldrin are all equipped with cameras, but Aldrin's mission is to photograph the surface of the Moon and scientific specimens, so Aldrin only captures a single plate for Armstrong.

The only photo of Neil Armstrong's entire body when he was walking down the Eagle module on July 20, 1969.This image was taken by Buzz Aldrin.(Photo: NASA).

In the only picture that captures Armstrong's entire body on the Moon, it is time he is turning his back on the lens and bent over the item from the landing module. Although there is only one photo taken on the Moon, it is not a frontal shot.

The 3rd astronaut of the mission has never set foot on the Moon

Apollo 11 mission has up to 3 astronauts involved. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon and did some scientific research, Michael Collins was the only astronaut to sit in the landing module for 20 hours to photograph the Moon from within and follow. Watch as well as control the train.

Michael Collins, the third astronaut of the Apollo 11 mission, has never landed on the Moon.(Photo: NASA).

If the worst happens, both Armstrong and Aldrin have an accident and are trapped in the Moon, Collins will not be allowed to step outside to rescue and must return to Earth alone. This put tremendous pressure on Collins, who once shared in an interview that it would haunt him for life, though everything went smoothly.