Apollo 11: Moon's Return To The Moon

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Apollo 11 was launched on 16 July 1969. The mission's objective was to perform a manned lunar landing and safe return. This was achieved. Apollo 11's lunar module Eagle touched down on the Sea of Tranquillity on 20 July 1969. Commander Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon 4 hours later on 21 July. His words as he did this are recorded as 'That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind', although the 'a' cannot be made out. After spending just over 2 hours on the surface setting up experiments and collecting samples, the astronauts returned to Eagle and lifted off from the Moon to rendezvous with Columbia. The command module returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on 24 July, to be recovered by the USS

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