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Close ✕Apollo 11
The first crewed lunar landing. Launched 16 July 1969 at 13:32 UTC from Launch Complex 39A with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin.
Surface position at Tranquility Base (Apollo 11 landing site) · 1969-07-16 – 1969-07-24
Lunar mission
Operated byNASA · United States
ProgrammeApollo
ClassCrewed landing · crewed
Outcomesuccess
Launched1969-07-16
Arrived1969-07-20
Samplesreturned material to Earth
On the world
- Its recorded passage: Apollo 11 · 2 places
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Connections · 3 of 5
- launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A — Apollo 11 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A on 16 July 1969 at 13:32 UTC.
- landed at Tranquility Base (Apollo 11 landing site) — Eagle touched down at what the crew named Tranquility Base on 20 July 1969 at 20:17 UTC.
- is commanded of Neil Armstrong — Armstrong commanded Apollo 11 and flew Eagle manually past a boulder field during the final descent.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates