Omega Speedmaster - The First Watch On The Moon

Omega Speedmaster

 

It would be more than hundred years that thinkers persisted to find an answer what is outside the world and researched methods to explore outer space. At first it was just a fantasy but after 20th century two superpowers countries at that time, the United States and the Soviet Union started the race of journey out into deep space and can made ​​it real.

In 1969, the United States declared their extremely success of mankind since they could successfully conquer the moon with the Apollo 11. The spacecraft were driven by three pilots, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

Based on history has been learned, we knew that Neil Armstrong was the first man who walked on the moon, and Buzz Aldrin was a driven pilot who controlled the Lunar Module onto the moon surface. This mission, Neil Armstrong carried the camera so the pictures of the moon survey, there was only a single photo of him and all the rest were almost all Buzz Aldrin’s photos.

In the Apollo 11 mission, three pilots wore Omega Speedmaster watches for telling accurate time. Omega had produced watches for NASA since Gemini 4 Project and develop them to be strength and durability and can operate very well under extreme pressure conditions. For Apollo 11 Project, the Omega watch wearer who first walked on the moon was not Neil Armstrong but was Buzz Aldrin. Because before craft split and assigned Michael Collins to pilot spaceship exploring the moon, the core clock on the spaceship was malfunction. So Neil Armstrong removed his wristwatch and left it there instead the loss. The Omega watch on Buzz Aldrin's wrist was the first watch timer for two pilots to operate on the moon outside the spacecraft. Unfortunately, when Buzz Aldrin returned to earth his assets were stolen included that historical watch.