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Apollo 11

Occurred 54 years ago

The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.

Mission Type

Lunar Landing

astronauts

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins

Launch

July 16, 1969

Landing

July 24, 1969

Neil Armstrong

First human to set foot on the Moon.

Armstrong was the commander for the Apollo 11 mission.

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S64-31453 (1964) — Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong.
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Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. He was an astronaut. He flew on two space missions. One was Apollo 11. That mission landed on the moon. He was also an engineer, a pilot and a college professor.

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