Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted from July 16 to July 24, 1969 by the United States and launched by NASA. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon.

Oct 11, 2024 · Watch highlights from the Apollo 11 mission including the launch on July 16, 1969, the landing of the lunar module, Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon, splashdown, and more.

Jul 21, 2024 · Command module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him "the world's loneliest man".

Jul 16, 2014 · Carrying the 363-foot-high Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket and mobile launcher, the crawler inches out of the Vehicle Assembly Building on the journey to Launch Pad 39A. Photo: NASA May 20, 1969.

On the morning of 16 July 1969, astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins blasted off aboard a Saturn 5 rocket, which propelled them out of Earth's gravity. The Apollo 11 mission...

Jul 16, 2019 · Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, was launched on 16th July 1969 with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin  Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on board, and Armstrong and Aldrin ...

Taller, heavier and more powerful than anything that had come before, the rocket that blasted the Apollo 11 crew towards the Moon was a behemoth. But only a tiny proportion of it would actually be making the full round-trip.

Jul 22, 2016 · Take a look inside the tiny capsule that carried three astronauts hundreds of thousands of miles to the moon and back. Yesterday, we celebrated the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission,...

Michael Collins orbited the moon every 48 minutes, alone, for 21.5 hours while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Collins crucial redocking maneuver with the lunar module...

Apr 17, 2015 · Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles.