NASAApollo 11 - Eagle & Columbia - 1969-059A
Apollo 11
First crewed lunar landing
PHASE 01
Launch
Jul 16, 1969 ✓
PHASE 02
Trans-lunar injection
Jul 16, 1969 ✓
PHASE 03
Lunar orbit insertion
Jul 19, 1969 ✓
PHASE 04
Lunar landing
Jul 20, 1969 ✓
PHASE 05
Moonwalk - EVA
Jul 21, 1969 ✓
PHASE 06
Splashdown
Jul 24, 1969 ✓
- Telemetry
Apollo 11 at a glance.
Launched
Jul 16, 1969
Landed
Jul 20, 1969
EVA duration
2h 31m
Samples
21.5kg
- Status
One small step.
Apollo 11 successfully landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon's Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969 - the first crewed lunar landing in human history. The Lunar Module Eagle returned the crew to lunar orbit, rejoining Michael Collins in the Command Module Columbia.
The mission returned 21.5 kg of lunar samples and ended with splashdown in the Pacific on July 24, 1969.