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Apollo 11
Saturn V · Human Exploration
1969Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Mission
Apollo 11 was commanded by Neil Armstrong , Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin. The Mission was to complete the goal that President John F. Kennedy set on May 25, 1961 to land a man on the moon and return the crew back to Earth. On July 20,1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed there Lunar Module on the sea of tranquility this marked the first time a human has set foot upon another celestial body.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NASA
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Orbit
- LO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2