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Apollo 11
first spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon (July 20, 1969)
  


   


Apollo11 1969

Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 16.
Armstrong and Aldrin then moved into Eagle and landed in the Sea of Tranquillity.
They returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24 after more than eight days in space.