Crewed spacecraftFlown
Columbia and Eagle
Apollo command/service and lunar module spacecraft
Vehicle and mission dossier
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 completed the first crewed landing on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed lunar module Eagle in the Sea of Tranquility while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard Columbia. Armstrong and Aldrin spent about two and a half hours outside, deployed experiments, photographed the site, and collected 21. 6 kilograms of material before rejoining Collins and returning safely to Earth.
Flight profile
- Launch
- July 16, 1969
- Landing
- July 24, 1969
- Mission duration
- 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds
Places and recovery
Vehicle record
- Manufacturer
- North American Aviation, Grumman, or Apollo program contractors
- Launch system
- Saturn V
- Mission status
- Completed
- Mission type
- Crewed lunar landing
- Launch vehicle
- Saturn V
- Program
- Apollo
- Crew complement
- 3
- Outcome
- Completed
- Archive classification
- Human spaceflight
- Primary objective
- First crewed Moon landing
Flight objectives
- Land two astronauts safely on the Moon and return the crew to Earth.
- Conduct a crewed exploration of the Sea of Tranquility landing site.
- Deploy the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package and document the local surface environment.
- Collect and return lunar rock, soil, and contingency samples for laboratory study.
Flight timeline
- July 16, 1969Apollo 11 beginsColumbia and Eagle began Apollo 11 to Land two astronauts safely on the Moon and return the crew to Earth.
- OperationsConduct a crewed exploration of the Sea of Tranquility landing siteCommand module: Columbia (CM-107); Lunar module: Eagle (LM-5); Surface science: Passive seismometer, laser-ranging retroreflector, solar-wind collector, cameras, and sampling tools
- Defining resultApollo 11: Land two astronauts safely on the Moon and return the crew to EarthApollo 11 completed the first crewed landing on the Moon.
- July 24, 1969Apollo 11: CompletedCollect and return lunar rock, soil, and contingency samples for laboratory study.
