The Apollo 11 Team
We all know that Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong were selected to board the Apollo 11 mission. The mission commander was Armstrong, whereas Collins served as the command module pilot. The command ship was the vessel that would bring the three of them back to Earth. Lastly, Aldrin served as the lunar module pilot, so he was tasked to land them on the surface of the moon and return to the command module.
The Apollo 11 Team
A Famous Crew member
Neil Armstrong (the first man on the moon!) was obviously an astronaut, but also an aeronautical engineer. Prior to Apollo 11, he did have some experience within NASA. He joined the NASA Astronaut Corps during it’s second group in 1962. His first actual spaceflight was as a command pilot of Gemini 8, becoming the first civilian astronaut to fly into space. Armstrong almost had a fatal incident himself in preparation for Apollo 11. During the second and final spaceflight, he was forced to eject moments before a crash.
A Famous Crew Member