Editing Apollo 11 (section)

=== Insignia ===

[[File:Apollo 11 insignia.png|thumb|Apollo 11 insignia]]

The Apollo 11 [[Mission patch|mission emblem]] was designed by Collins, who wanted a symbol for "peaceful lunar landing by the United States". At Lovell's suggestion, he chose the [[bald eagle]], the [[national bird]] of the United States, as the symbol. Tom Wilson, a simulator instructor, suggested an [[olive branch]] in its beak to represent their peaceful mission. Collins added a lunar background with the Earth in the distance. The sunlight in the image was coming from the wrong direction; the shadow should have been in the lower part of the Earth instead of the left. Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins decided the Eagle and the Moon would be in their natural colors, and decided on a blue and gold border. Armstrong was concerned that "eleven" would not be understood by non-English speakers, so they went with "Apollo 11",{{sfn|Collins|2001|pp=332–334}} and they decided not to put their names on the patch, so it would "be representative of ''everyone'' who had worked toward a lunar landing".{{sfn|Collins|2001|p=332}}

An illustrator at the [[Manned Spacecraft Center]] (MSC) did the artwork, which was then sent off to NASA officials for approval.{{sfn|Collins|2001|pp=332–334}} The design was rejected. [[Bob Gilruth]], the director of the MSC felt the talons of the eagle looked "too warlike".{{sfn|Collins|2001|p=333}} After some discussion, the olive branch was moved to the talons.{{sfn|Collins|2001|p=333}} When the [[Eisenhower dollar|Eisenhower dollar coin]] was released in 1971, the patch design provided the eagle for its reverse side.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://coinsite.com/CoinSite-PF/pparticles/$1eisen.asp |title=1971–78 Dollar Eisenhower |work=CoinSite |publisher=ROKO Design Group, Inc. |date=1994 |access-date=July 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830064148/http://www.coinsite.com/CoinSite-PF/pparticles/$1eisen.asp |archive-date=August 30, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The design was also used for the smaller [[Susan B. Anthony dollar]] unveiled in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |title=Susan B. Anthony Dollar—1979–1999 |url=http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=347 |publisher=United States Mint |access-date=August 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811123227/https://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=347 |archive-date=August 11, 2014}}</ref>