When missions headed to the moon from 1969 to 1972, their vessels were packed with items for research, survival, safety, and emergency. Some of these items were meant to be left behind and some were to return to Earth. Learn how to transcribe these Apollo Stowage lists and help researchers better understand the details of the lunar missions, starting with the technological achievements of Apollo 11.
**NOTE** You will not transcribe data into the Change Date and Change Reason fields in this project; leave these fields blank. Please carefully transcribe the Item Number (Item #) format, including adding 0 or 00 when necessary.
When missions headed to the moon from 1969 to 1972, their vessels were packed with items for research, survival, safety, and emergency. Some of these items were meant to be left behind and some were to return to Earth. Learn how to transcribe these Apollo Stowage lists and help researchers better understand the details of the lunar missions, starting with the technological achievements of Apollo 11.
**NOTE** You will not transcribe data into the Change Date and Change Reason fields in this project; leave these fields blank. Please carefully transcribe the Item Number (Item #) format, including adding 0 or 00 when necessary.
Apollo 11 was the first mission to successfully land American astronauts on the lunar surface. As such it stands symbolically as one of history's most important technological achievements. It was also an important technical and scientific milestone. Mission Cmdr. Neil A. Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin spent two hours and 31 minutes walking on the lunar surface, while command module pilot Michael Collins orbited the moon above waiting for their return. The astronauts collected samples, deployed experiments, and performed a number of symbolic activities such as planting an American flag and uncovering a plaque stating "we came in peace for all mankind."
The mission was equipped with a wide variety of gear, provisions, tools and equipment. Some of the items were left on the lunar surface or discarded with spent portions of their spacecraft. Some were returned in the command module and many form the basis of one of the largest collections of objects in the National Air and Space Museum collection.
