Apollo 11 Apollo 11 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the lunar module "Eagle" on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours after landing on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Command Module Pilot Michael Collins piloted the command module "Columbia" alone
Return of Apollo 15 to Earth Return of Apollo 15 to Earth After the Apollo 15 Lunar Module "Falcon" lifted from the lunar surface on August 2, 1971, it rendezvoused and docked with the Command/Service Module "Endeavour". After transferring across the lunar samples and other equipment, "Falcon" was jettisoned. It would fire its rocket engine to cause it to impact the lunar surface. "Apollo 15" spent one more day in lunar orbit, continuing Worden's observations. After releasing a subsatellite, they ignited their Service Propulsion system to put them on a trajectory back to Earth. The next day, Worden performed an EVA to retrieve the film cassettes