Photo de stock - (21 july 1969) --- this outstanding view of the whole full moon was photographed from the apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-earth journey homeward. when this picture was taken, the spacecraft was already 10,000 nautical miles away. onboard apollo 11 were astronauts neil a. armstrong, commander; michael collins, command module pilot; and edwin e. aldrin jr., lunar module pilot. while astronauts armstrong and aldrin descended in the lunar module (lm) eagle to explore the moon, astronaut collins remained with the command and service modules (csm) columbia in lunar orbit. apollo 11 hasselblad image from film magazine - lm inspection, rendezvous. view of full lunar disc during return trip. 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.