Apollo 11 was the first mission where man walked on the moon and returned to Earth. This was the second spaceflight for all of the crew of Apollo 11.

Apollo 11 launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:32 am on July 16, 1969. On July 20, 1969, while Michael Collins continued to orbit the moon in the Command and Service Module, two astronauts from the crew of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr., landed in the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon.

On July 20, 1969 at 10:56 pm, Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon. Armstrong's quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, lives in our history books today.

While on the Moon, the astronauts set up scientific experiments, took photographs, and collected lunar samples. Neil and Buzz left behind the “Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package”. This package contained many scientific experiments that would be done on future Apollo trips.

Back home, millions of people watched the event on television. They saw black and white images taken by the lunar surface camera.

The Lunar Landing Module, or LM, took off from the Moon on July 21, 1969 at 11:54 pm. It docked with the Apollo 11 Command Module. The crew of Apollo 11 landed safely in the ocean near Hawaii on July 24, 1969 at 12:50 pm.

The Apollo 11 Command Module is on display in Washington D.C. at the National Air and Space Museum.