Apollo 11.
The first mission to land humans on the Moon. Armstrong and Aldrin explored the lunar surface while Collins remained in lunar orbit. The crew returned to Earth with samples and a new perspective on our place in space.
Historical reference; mission status is a dated editorial snapshot.
Human exploration1969Moon
- Agency
- NASA
- Launch vehicle
- Saturn V
- Spacecraft
- Command module Columbia / Lunar module Eagle
- Destination
- Moon
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
- Country
- United States
- Launch date, UTC
- Jul 16, 1969, 1:32 PM UTC
- Duration
- 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes
- Crew
- Crewed
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The crew
Neil ArmstrongBuzz AldrinMichael Collins
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Mission journey
Documented stages only; missing stages are not inferred.
- 01
Launch
- 02
Lunar orbit
- 03
Lunar landing
- 04
Splashdown
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