Quiz: Apollo 11, the First Moon Landing

After the Eagle broke away from the spacecraft's command module, it delivered Armstrong and Aldrin to the moon's surface.

Gemini 8, which launched in 1966, was the first mission to ever successfully link two spacecraft in Earth's orbit.

A dark-looking basin on the moon's near side, the Sea of Tranquility is water-free, despite its popular name. (Early astronauts mistook gray patches on the moon for seas.)

The son of a U.S. major general, Collins was born in Rome, Italy.

It only functioned for 21 days, but the gadget laid the groundwork for later breakthroughs in lunar seismology.

Authentic wood and fabric samples from the historic Wright Flyer plane hitched a ride on the Eagle.

But while Armstrong and Aldrin were exploring the moon, they received a long-distance phone call from Tricky Dick himself.

NASA spent three weeks monitoring their astronauts for potential contagions before allowing the men to reintegrate with society. The next two Apollo missions also involved quarantine but after that the requirement was dropped as nothing unusual was ever found.

Many TV viewers thought Armstrong left out the "a" when he spoke but he often insisted the quote only makes sense when it's included. "Magnificent desolation" was Buzz Aldrin's first impression of the moon.