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Apollo 11
Apollo 11 made the first crewed landing on the Moon in July 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on its surface.
- Launch
- 16 July 1969Saturn V · Kennedy Space Center
- End of mission
- 24 July 1969
- Distance from Earth today
- 383,600 km0.003 AU · light: 1.3 s
- Distance from the Sun today
- 148.1 million km0.990 AU
The spacecraft is at Moon.
Position
JPL Horizons has no trajectory for this mission – the map shows the body where the spacecraft is.
Mission timeline
- Launch on a Saturn V from Kennedy Space Center
- Lunar orbit insertion
- Lunar Module Eagle lands in the Sea of Tranquility
- First moonwalk; Eagle lifts off from the surface
- Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
Targets: Moon
About the mission
Apollo 11 carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the Moon aboard the Saturn V rocket. While Collins stayed in lunar orbit in the command module Columbia, Armstrong and Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle in the Sea of Tranquility on 20 July 1969, with very little descent fuel to spare. During about two and a half hours outside, they collected rock and soil samples, set up a seismometer and a laser reflector that is still used today, and planted a flag. The crew splashed down safely in the Pacific on 24 July.
Landing sites
Texture: Solar System Scope (CC BY 4.0) · names: IAU/USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
| Body | Site | Date | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon | Tranquility Base, Mare Tranquillitatis | 20 July 1969 | 0.674° N, 23.473° E |