Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong
NASA issued this Omega Speedmaster chronograph to astronaut Neil Armstrong for use during the Apollo 11 mission of July 1969.
Nasa 1973-1247
Ref. 105012-65
cal.321
s.n. 24.002.981
SEB 12100039-002
NASA transferred Armstrong’s chronograph to the National at Air and Space Museum, Washington DC in 1973.

SPACE: APOLLO 11. President Richard M. Nixon applauds astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin in the quarantine trailer, 1969. At the eve of their departure to the moon, the Americans astronauts Buzz Aldrin (on the left) and Neil Armstrong (on the right) are sitting at the table, one-on-one, in the Space Center’s dining hall. Houston (USA), July 1969. From left: Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in Paris in 1969. Aldrin holds a lunar module model of similar size and shape to the gold one stolen Friday. Gemini XI prime and backup crews are pictured at the Gemini Mission Simulator at Cape Kennedy, Florida. Left to right are astronauts William A. Anders, backup crew pilot; Richard F. Gordon Jr., prime crew pilot; Charles Conrad Jr. (foot on desk), prime crew command pilot; and Neil A. Armstrong, backup crew command pilot. | NASA Apollo 11 space mission US astronaut Neil Armstrong poses on July 23, 1970, in Washington. Astronaut Neil Armstrong inside the Lunar Module July 20, 1969. | NASA (Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) Armstrong, Neil Alden *05.08.1930-25.08.2012+Astronaut, aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor, USA (first person to walk on the Moon 1969)Apollo 11 Mission: Armstrong training in the lunar landing simulator (Photo by NASA/ullstein bild via Getty Images)