Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)

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Dates:
1969-07-16
1969-07-20
Americans
English

History notes:

Apollo 11 was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program, the third human voyage to the moon, and the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It launched on July 16, 1969 carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin. On July 21, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal of "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth" by the end of the 1960s.

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Subjects:

  • Lunar landing sites
  • Lunar surface radio communication
  • Space flight to the moon
  • Outer space
  • Spacecraft
  • Space vehicles

Occupations:

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Places:

  • Tranquility Base (Moon) (as recorded)
  • Moon (as recorded)
  • FL, US

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