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Apollo 11: Gold Item
Apollo 11 was the NASA mission that first landed people on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down in the Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969, while Michael Collins waited in orbit, and all three astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24.
- Cost
- 7 crystals
- Type
- Item · Vehicle
- Color
- Gold (Inventors & Industry)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Liberty & Lightning (Set 1)
Equip: +3/+3, Explore and Double Chapter.
If you control Jared or Devin (Leader or character), draw a card.
Monumental mission that proved humans will build the most complex machine imaginable just to collect rocks from somewhere new.
The real history
Apollo 11 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969, at 9:32 a.m. Eastern time. A Saturn V rocket, launched from Pad 39A, carried three astronauts: Neil Armstrong, the commander, Buzz Aldrin, the lunar module pilot, and Michael Collins, the command module pilot.
On July 20, the lunar module landed in the Sea of Tranquility at 4:17 p.m. Eastern time. Armstrong flew the final approach by hand to steer past a rocky crater, and the craft touched down with very little fuel left. He radioed that Tranquility Base was on the ground and that the Eagle, the lunar module, had landed.
At 10:56 p.m. Eastern time Armstrong stepped onto the surface, about 109 hours and 42 minutes after launch. Aldrin followed roughly twenty minutes later. The two men spent about two and a half hours outside, collecting lunar samples and taking photographs. In all, they stayed on the Moon for 21 hours and 36 minutes before lifting off to rejoin Collins.
The crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969, about 13 miles from the recovery ship USS Hornet. Over the next three and a half years, ten more astronauts walked on the Moon during later Apollo missions.
Sources
- July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap For Mankind, NASA
- 50 Years Ago: Apollo Astronauts Land, Take First Steps on Moon, NASA Kennedy Space Center
How the card plays
Apollo 11 costs 7 crystals and is an Un-common Gold Item (Vehicle). Its card text is Equip: +3/+3, Explore and Double Chapter. The equipped character gets +3/+3 and can only be blocked by characters that also have Explore. If it hits a Leader, that Leader takes 2 Life. The card also says that if you control Jared or Devin (Leader or character), you draw a card.
Seven crystals is a big investment, so protect the character you equip. Amelia Earhart, Vehicle Junkie Amelia Earhart, Vehicle Junkie searches your deck for a Vehicle when she is played, which finds Apollo 11. Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt makes your Vehicles cost 1 less. Neil Armstrong, Space Explorer Neil Armstrong already has Explore and draws a card on play, and he is a natural pilot for this one.
- Playable in decks led by Nikola Tesla, Neil Armstrong.
- A Signature card of Neil Armstrong: it costs 1 less while Armstrong leads your deck.
- In the Tesla starter deck (1 copy). Deck code:
LC2-BV8BYAFhAWICYwFkAWUCZgFnAWgBaQFqAWsCbAFtAm4BbwFwAXEBcgFzAnQBdQF2AXcBeAJ5AnoBewF8AX0BfgF_AXiK - In the Armstrong starter deck (2 copies). Deck code:
LC2-AQABAQECAQMBBAEFAQYBBwEIAgkCCgILAQwBDQIOAQ8BEAERARICEwIUARUBFgEXARgBGQEaARsBHAIdAR4BfQK1eQ - A deck holds up to 3 copies of this card.
Questions about Apollo 11
How long were Armstrong and Aldrin on the Moon?
They spent 21 hours and 36 minutes on the lunar surface, and about two and a half hours of that outside the lunar module exploring, collecting samples and taking photographs.
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