Apollo 11

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Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space mission
crewed spaceflight mission
lunar landing mission
backupCommander Jim Lovell
backupCommandModulePilot William Anders
backupLunarModulePilot Fred Haise
callSignCommandModule Columbia
callSignLunarModule Eagle
commander Neil Armstrong
commandModule Columbia
commandModulePilot Michael Collins
country United States
crewMember Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
crewQuarantineDuration 21 days after splashdown
crewSize 3
distanceTraveled about 1.53 million kilometers
about 952000 miles
evaCount 1 lunar surface EVA
evaDuration about 2 hours 31 minutes
firstHumanMoonLanding true
followedBy Apollo 12
historicalSignificance first mission to land humans on the Moon and return them safely to Earth
landingMethod ocean splashdown
landingSite North Pacific Ocean
launchDate 1969-07-16
launchLocation Merritt Island, Florida, United States
launchSite Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Saturn V
Saturn V SA-506
lunarLandingCoordinates 0.67408°N 23.47297°E
lunarLandingDate 1969-07-20
lunarLandingSite Mare Tranquillitatis
Sea of Tranquility
lunarModule Eagle
lunarModulePilot Buzz Aldrin
missionDuration 8 days 3 hours 18 minutes
missionDurationHours 195.3
missionNumber 11
notableQuote That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
The Eagle has landed.
objective collect lunar samples
demonstrate capability to land humans on the Moon
deploy scientific experiments on the lunar surface
perform a crewed lunar landing and return safely to Earth
operator NASA
precededBy Apollo 10
primeContractorCommandModule North American Rockwell
primeContractorLunarModule Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
program Apollo program
returnRecoveryShip USS Hornet (CV-12)
samplesReturnedMass about 21.5 kilograms
serviceModule Apollo Service Module
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Apollo 11 spacecraft
spaceRaceContext major milestone in the Cold War-era Space Race
splashdownDate 1969-07-24
status completed
televisionBroadcast first live TV broadcast of humans on the Moon
timeOnLunarSurface about 21 hours 36 minutes
worldwideViewersEstimate hundreds of millions of people


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