Buzz Aldrin's travel expenses for mission to moon and back: $33.31

Photos: Reaching for the moon
At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, NASA's Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched by a Saturn V rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On board were astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Four days later, on July 20, they would become the first men to land on the moon.
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Photos: Reaching for the moon
Former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and then-Vice President Spiro Agnew were among the spectators at the historic launch.
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Photos: Reaching for the moon
A photo of the full moon taken from Apollo 11. At the time, the spacecraft was 10,000 nautical miles from Earth.
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Photos: Reaching for the moon
A spectacular view of home, taken halfway between Earth and the moon.
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