The Apollo program mission that achieved the first crewed Moon landing, on 20 July 1969. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface while Michael Collins orbited overhead in the command module.
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Mission Type OutcomeSuccessful; first crewed Moon landing, first human steps on another world, safe return of all three crew members. 1 Mission Type
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The Apollo 11 command module made a high-speed atmospheric entry on return
Crewed By
Source A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo AstronautsAndrew Chaikin
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Michael Collins (astronaut) (Wikipedia)Michael Collins (astronaut), lead paragraph section
Source A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo AstronautsAndrew Chaikin
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Source NASA History Office
Spacecraft Of
Source Wikipedia: Command module Columbia
Sources
1. A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
Andrew Chaikin
NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationOperated By: NASAView the Source Michael Collins (astronaut) (Wikipedia)
Crewed By: Michael Collins, Michael Collins (astronaut), lead paragraph sectionQuote, Crewed By: Michael Collins, Michael Collins (astronaut), lead paragraph section
flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969
Wikipedia: Command module Columbia
Spacecraft Of: Command Module Columbia, Lead sentence
Command module Columbia (CM-107) is the spacecraft that served as the command module during Apollo 11, which was the first mission to land humans on the Moon.
Includes: Command Module Columbia, Lead sentence
Command module Columbia (CM-107) is the spacecraft that served as the command module during Apollo 11, which was the first mission to land humans on the Moon.
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