Launch: 1969 · NASA

Apollo 11 — First Humans on the Moon

"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon. Michael Collins orbited overhead in the Command Module. The mission fulfilled Kennedy's 1961

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