Where did NASA’s Apollo 11 astronauts make the first crewed Moon landing?

NASA’s Apollo 11 astronauts made the first crewed Moon landing in the Sea of Tranquility.

The lunar module Eagle touched down in the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, whose English name is the Sea of Tranquility, on July 20, 1969. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin descended to the surface, while command module pilot Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard Columbia.

Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon, followed by Aldrin. The astronauts spent more than 21 hours on the lunar surface, including about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft. They collected lunar samples, deployed scientific instruments, photographed the area, and planted a U.S. flag.

The mission launched from Florida on July 16, 1969, atop a Saturn V rocket and returned safely to Earth on July 24. The Sea of Tranquility is sometimes confused with the Ocean of Storms, where the later Apollo 12 mission landed; these are different lunar regions.