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Apollo 11 was the manned NASA mission that landed on the Earth's Moon for the first time in history. American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr descended on Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969, at 20:17:39 UTC. The mission is considered a major accomplishment in the history of exploration. Launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 in Merritt Island, Florida on July 16, Apollo 11 was the fifth manned mission, and the third lunar mission, of NASA's Apollo program. The crew consisted of Armstrong as Commander and Aldrin as Lunar Module Pilot, with Command Module Pilot Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon on July 20. Their lunar module, Eagle, spent 21 hours 36 minutes on the lunar surface, while Collins remained in orbit in the command/service module, Columbia. The three astronauts returned to Earth on July 24, descending in the Pacific Ocean. They brought back 47.5 lb of lunar rocks.

Apollo 11 fulfilled U.S. President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the Moon by the end of the 1960s, which he had expressed during a 1961 mission statement before the United States Congress: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."