With a half-Earth in the background, the Lunar Module ascent stage with Moon-walking Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. approaches for a rendezvous with the Apollo Command Module manned by Michael Collins. The Apollo 11 liftoff from the Moon came early, ending a 22-hour stay on the Moon by Armstrong and Aldrin. 1969-07-20 AS11-44-6642 NASA Kennedy Space Center NASA-KSC http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/ http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1969/thumb/AS11-44-6642.gif GIF 100 77 11721 http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1969/low/AS11-44-6642.gif GIF 312 240 106568 http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1969/medium/AS11-44-6642.jpg JPEG 998 768 130635 http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1969/high/AS11-44-6642.jpg JPEG 2533 1949 591082