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**Apollo 11**
Mission Insignia

Mission Statistics
Mission Name:	Apollo 11
Call Sign:	Command module: Columbia Lunar module: Eagle
Number of Crew:	3
Launch:	July 16, 1969 13:32:00 UTC Kennedy Space Center LC 39A
Lunar Landing:	July 20, 1969 20:17:40 UTC Sea of Tranquility 0° 40' 26.69" N, 23° 28' 22.69" E [1] (based on the IAU Mean Earth Polar Axis coordinate system)
Lunar EVA length:	2 h 31 min 40 s
Lunar Surface Time:	21 h 36 min 20 s
Lunar Sample Mass:	21.55 kg
Landing:	July 24, 1969 16:50:35 UTC 13° 19' N — 169° 9' W
Time in Lunar Orbit:	59 h 30 min 25.79 s
Mass:	(see mission parameters )
Crew Picture
L-R: Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin
Apollo 11 Crew

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned lunar landing. It was the fifth manned mission in the Apollo program.

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.
― Neil Armstrong

1 Crew

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Neil Armstrong (2), commander (and first to walk on the moon)
Michael Collins (2), command module pilot
Buzz Aldrin (2), lunar module pilot

(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.

2 Mission parameters

Mass:
- Launch mass: 2,923,387 kg
- Total spacecraft: 46,678 kg
  - Command/Service Module (CSM) mass: 30,320 kg, of which CM was 5960 kg, SM 24,360 kg
  - Lunar module (LM) mass: 16,448 kg, of which ascent stage was 4985 kg, descent stage 11,463 kg
Earth orbits: one and a half before leaving for Moon, about one on return
Lunar orbits: 30

Perigee: 190.6 km
Apogee: 192.1 km
InclinationInclination is one of the six orbital parameters describing the shape and orientation of a celestial orbit and is the angular distance of the orbital plane from the plane of the reference (usually planet's equator or the ecliptic), stated in degrees.: 32.521°
PeriodA period is an arbitrary interval of time. The word is applied to many different concepts: generally, in science, the time taken for one complete cycle of an alternating quantity. The period of oscillation of a wave is the time taken for the wave to compl: 88.18 min

Perilune: 113.4 km
Apolune: 312.1 km
Inclination: 1.2°
Period: 2.15 hours
Landing Site: 0.67408° N — 23.47297° E or
0° 40' 26.69" N — 23° 28' 22.69" E

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