Apollo 11 landing site

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The Apollo 11 landing site is the historic location on the Moon where humans first landed and walked during NASA's 1969 mission.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature on the Moon
historic site
lunar landing site
alsoKnownAs Tranquility Base NERFINISHED
associatedAstronaut Buzz Aldrin NERFINISHED
Michael Collins NERFINISHED
Neil Armstrong NERFINISHED
associatedMission Apollo 11 NERFINISHED
associatedSpacecraft Apollo Command and Service Module Columbia NERFINISHED
Apollo Lunar Module Eagle NERFINISHED
containsArtifact American flag NERFINISHED
Apollo Lunar Module descent stage NERFINISHED
experiment packages
footprints of astronauts
laser ranging retroreflector
mission plaques
seismometer
television camera
tools and equipment
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
declaredNameBy Neil Armstrong NERFINISHED
declaredNameDuringEvent Apollo 11 lunar landing NERFINISHED
distanceFromLunarEquator near-equatorial
elevationRelativeToMeanRadius approximately −2,400 m
extravehicularActivityDuration about 2.5 hours on the surface
firstHumanLanding 1969-07-20
firstHumanMoonwalk 1969-07-21
firstWordsFromSurface Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.
historicalSignificance first place where humans landed on another celestial body
first place where humans walked on the Moon
imagedBy Lunar Orbiter missions
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED
locatedIn Mare Tranquillitatis NERFINISHED
Sea of Tranquility NERFINISHED
locatedOn Moon NERFINISHED
lunarCoordinatesSystem selenographic coordinates
lunarLatitude 0.67408° N
lunarLatitudeApprox 0.674° N
lunarLongitude 23.47297° E
lunarLongitudeApprox 23.473° E
namedAfter Tranquility Base NERFINISHED
notVisitedBy Michael Collins NERFINISHED
operatedBy NASA
protectedStatusProposedBy various scientific and heritage organizations
selectedFor safety of landing
scientific interest
terrainType relatively flat mare basalt plain
timeZone lunar standard of mission elapsed time
visitedBy Buzz Aldrin NERFINISHED
Neil Armstrong NERFINISHED

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Mare Tranquillitatis containsLandingSite Apollo 11 landing site