Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission Press Kit
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Quarto , 250, [1] pages, plus covers wraps. Illustrations. Diagrams. Staple bound in top corner (Tears around staple in front cover, which is separated but present.) Discoloration to covers. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours after landing on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Michael Collins piloted the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21.5 hours on the lunar surface before rejoining Columbia in lunar orbit. For Release Sunday, July 6, 1969. Press release No. 69-83K. A press kit, often referred to as a media kit in business environments, is a pre-packaged set of promotional materials that provide information about a person, company, organization or cause and which is distributed to members of the media for promotional use. Press kits, or media kits as they are sometimes known, are often distributed to announce a release or for a news conference. Traditionally the term, "press kit", referred to a set of documents, photographs and other relevant materials packaged together, and designed to be sent to a newspaper or magazine as part of an organizations Public relations or promotional program. Recently, as print media circulation and readership levels have been declining, marketing and PR people have begun using the broader term, "media kit", so that it now refers to any promotional material distributed to any media outlet. Condition: fair.
Keywords: NASA, Project Apollo, Apollo 11, Lunar Landing, Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module, Saturn V, Manned Space Flight, Astronauts, Buzz Aldrin, Press Kit, Michael Collins
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