Apollo 11 launch, 9:32 EDT, 16 July 1969. Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. During the 8-day mission, Armstrong and Aldrin descended in a Lunar Module (LM) to the Moon's surface while Collins orbited overhead in the Command Module (CM). The two astronauts spent 22 hours on the Moon, including two and a half hours outside the Lunar Module. They gathered samples of lunar material and deployed scientific experiments. They rejoined Collins in the CM for the return to optimised NASA image: Credit: NASA

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