Apollo 11 was the first mission to land humans on the Moon.
NASA launched Apollo 11 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969. The crew consisted of commander Neil Armstrong, command-module pilot Michael Collins, and lunar-module pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the lunar surface in the module Eagle, while Collins remained in lunar orbit in Columbia.
The lunar module landed in the Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon, followed by Aldrin. The astronauts collected lunar samples, deployed scientific instruments, and then returned to Earth on July 24 after a mission lasting about eight days.
Apollo 8 is sometimes mistaken for the first lunar landing because it was the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon. Apollo 10 tested the landing approach without touching down, and Apollo 12 made the second crewed lunar landing later in 1969. Apollo 11 achieved the first human landing.