Apollo 11

1969-07-16 - 1969-07-24

Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon, and the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program. The mission was crewed by Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Launched atop a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the surface aboard the Lunar Module Eagle while Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command module.