Posted on July 5, 2019 · Posted in Gun Camera Videos

This Pre-Flight press conference was conducted on July 5th, 1969 with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins before their Apollo 11 mission to land on the Moon. The box structure behind them was put in place, along with ventilation fans blowing air away from them, to reduce the astronauts exposure to harmful germs before the flight.

The astronauts walked out wearing air filter masks.

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