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 Buzz Aldrin poses on the Moon, allowing Neil Armstrong to photograph both of them using the visor's reflection. | |
| Mission type | Crewed lunar landing |
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| Operator | NASA |
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| Mission duration | 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
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| Launch mass | 100,756 pounds (45,702 kg) |
| Landing mass | 10,873 pounds (4,932 kg) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
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| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | July 16, 1969, 13:32:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Saturn V SA-506 |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | USS Hornet |
| Landing date | July 24, 1969, 16:50:35 UTC |
| Landing site | North Pacific Ocean 13°19′N 169°9′W / 13.317°N 169.150°W |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Selenocentric |
| Pericynthion | 100.9 kilometers (54.5 nmi) |
| Apocynthion | 122.4 kilometers (66.1 nmi) |
| Inclination | 1.25 degrees |
| Period | 2 hours |
| Epoch | July 19, 1969, 21:44 UTC |
| Lunar orbiter | |
| Spacecraft component | Command and service module |
| Orbital insertion | July 19, 1969, 17:21:50 UTC |
| Orbital departure | July 22, 1969, 04:55:42 UTC |
| Orbits | 30 |
| Lunar lander | |
| Spacecraft component | Apollo Lunar Module |
| Landing date | July 20, 1969, 20:17:40 UTC |
| Return launch | July 21, 1969, 17:54 UTC |
| Landing site | Mare Tranquillitatis Template:Lunar coords and quad cat |
| Sample mass | 21.55 kilograms (47.51 lb) |
| Surface EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 2 hours, 31 minutes, 40 seconds |
| Docking with LM | |
| Docking date | July 16, 1969, 16:56:03 UTC |
| Undocking date | July 20, 1969, 17:44:00 UTC |
| Docking with LM ascent stage | |
| Docking date | July 21, 1969, 21:35:00 UTC |
| Undocking date | July 21, 1969, 23:41:31 UTC |
  Left to right: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin | |
Apollo 11 was the first flight to send people to the moon. It was done by NASA, the American space group.It went up to space on July 16, 1969, carrying three astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon, while Collins stayed in orbit around the Moon.
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