Mission	Type	Agency	Launch	Status
Apollo 8The Moon	Crewed lunar orbit	NASA	1968-12-21	Completed
Apollo 13The Moon	Crewed lunar (aborted)	NASA	1970-04-11	Completed
Apollo 17The Moon	Crewed lunar landing	NASA	1972-12-07	Completed

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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Quick facts

Type: Space mission
Agency: NASA
Program: Apollo program
Mission type: Crewed lunar landing
Destination: The Moon
Launch date: 1969-07-16
End date: 1969-07-24
Status: Completed
Launch vehicle: Saturn V
Launch site: Kennedy Space Center

Provenance & sources

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Historical evidenceconfirmed
Apollo 11 achieved the first crewed Moon landing on 20 July 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface.
Source: NASA Science · Public domain (US Government work)

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Scientific citations

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Mission pageApollo 11 — NASA

NASA

Cite (APA / BibTeX)

NASA (n.d.). Apollo 11 — NASA. NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-11/

@misc{cite:mission-space_mission-apollo-11,
  title        = {Apollo 11 — NASA},
  organization = {NASA},
  year         = {n.d.},
  url          = {https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-11/},
  note         = {NASA mission page for Apollo 11.}
}

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Image coverage: None

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Mission

Agency

Launch

Apollo 8The Moon

NASA

1968-12-21

Apollo 13The Moon

NASA

1970-04-11

Apollo 17The Moon

NASA

1972-12-07

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

NASA (n.d.). Apollo 11 — NASA. NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-11/ @misc{cite:mission-space_mission-apollo-11, title = {Apollo 11 — NASA}, organization = {NASA}, year = {n.d.}, url = {https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-11/}, note = {NASA mission page for Apollo 11.} }

Apollo 11

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Apollo 11

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Knowledge connections

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