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This article is about the Apollo 11 mission itself. For the mission's cultural impact, see Apollo 11 in popular culture. For the six-time race-winning horse, see Apollo Eleven. Apollo 11 Mission insignia Mission statistics[1] Mission name Apollo 11 Command Module CM-107 callsign Columbia mass 30,320 kg Service Module SM-107 Lunar Module LM-5 callsign Eagle mass 16,448 kg Crew size 3 Booster Saturn V SA-506 Launch pad LC 39A Kennedy Space Center Florida, USA Launch date July 16, 1969 13:32:00 UTC Lunar landing July 20, 1969 20:17:40 UTC Sea of Tranquility 0° 40' 26.69" N 23° 28' 22.69" E (based on the IAU Mean Earth Polar Axis coordinate system) Lunar EVA duration 2 h 36 m 40 s Lunar surface time 21 h 31 m 20 s Lunar sample mass 21.55 kg (47.5 lb) Number of lunar orbits 30 Total CSM time in lunar orbit 59 h 30 m 25.79 s Landing July 24, 1969 16:50:35 UTC 13°19′N 169°9′W / 13.317, -169.15 Mission duration 8 d 03 h 18 m 35 s Crew photo Left to right: Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin Related missions Previous mission Next mission Apollo 10 Apollo 12
The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon. It was also the second all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.
The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon by the end of the 1960s, which he expressed during a speech given before a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961:[2]
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
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