Apollo 11

Codename · Eagle

Launch

July 16, 1969

1:32:00 PM UTC

Landing

July 24, 1969

4:50:00 PM UTC

Duration

8 days

Mission elapsed

Crew

2 astronauts

Aboard at insertion

Mission summary

The first crewed mission to land on the Moon. Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module 'Eagle' while Collins orbited above in 'Columbia'. The mission fulfilled President Kennedy's challenge to land a man on the Moon before the decade was out.

Operator

NASA

United States · est. 1958

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Crew manifest

Aboard