THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, July 17, 1994                  TAG: 9407150652
SECTION: COMMENTARY               PAGE: J1   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Book excerpt:
From ``Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon'' by Alan 
Shepard and Deke Slayton.
                                             LENGTH: Short :   50 lines

MOON SHOT 25 YEARS LATER: THE FIRST LUNAR LANDING

[This story is not available electronically. For complete text, please see microfilm.] MEMO: The text, graphic, and photos in this story wrap around to page J6.

ILLUSTRATION: Color photos

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Edwin ``Buzz'' Aldrin with the U.S. flag on the moon during the

Apollo mission in July 1969.

BETTMANN/File

The Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong

and Buzz Aldrin, returns to the command module Columbia after its

historic landing on the moon. In the background the Earth can be

seen rising above the lunar horizon. This photo was taken by

astronaut Michael Collins.

Photo

MILT PUTNAM

University of Florida

President Nixon greets astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins

and Buzz Aldrin shortly after the Apollo 11 was recovered in the

South Pacific.

Graphic

KRT wire graphics and PAI/Staff

THE JOURNEY TO THE MOON

SOURCES: ``Introduction to Space'' by Thomas D. Damon; NASA; The

Baltimore Sun' World Book Encyclopedia

[For complete graphic, please see microfilm]

KEYWORDS: ANNIVERSARY APOLLO 11 by CNB