Stock Photo - (24 july 1969) --- overall view of the mission operations control room (mocr) in the mission control center (mcc), building 30, manned spacecraft center (msc), at the conclusion of the apollo 11 lunar landing mission. the television monitor shows president richard m. nixon greeting the apollo 11 astronauts aboard the uss hornet in the pacific recovery area. astronauts neil a. armstrong, michael collins, and edwin e. aldrin jr. are inside the mobile quarantine facility (mqf). Apollo 11 mission, first landing on the moon, july 1969, with astronauts neil armstrong, edwin aldrin, and michael collins. these images tell the story of the apollo 11 project, from conception to the realization of the first human step on the moon on july 21, 1969.