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Apollo 11 launch and lunar mission

16-24 July 1969 CE · United States

Apollo 11 carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to lunar orbit and the first crewed landing on the Moon through work by a vast international supply and tracking system.

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How the setting appeared

Launch pads, assembly buildings, control rooms, tracking stations and recovery ships connected Florida, Houston, the Pacific and facilities worldwide.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-APOLLO-11CIT-CORE169-APOLLO11-SMITHSONIAN Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Astronauts' public roles depended on engineers, programmers, technicians, factory workers, mathematicians and families under Cold War pressures.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-APOLLO-11CIT-CORE169-APOLLO11-SMITHSONIAN Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Saturn V propulsion, guidance computers, spacesuits, radio networks, simulation and precision manufacturing enabled the mission.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-APOLLO-11CIT-CORE169-APOLLO11-SMITHSONIAN Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

The program was secular state science, though participants and audiences interpreted it through varied personal beliefs and political meanings.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-APOLLO-11CIT-CORE169-APOLLO11-SMITHSONIAN Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Decolonization and globalization
Region: North America · United States
Languages and scripts: English
Important people: Neil Armstrong; Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin; Michael Collins; Margaret Hamilton; Gene Kranz
Events and changes: Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center on 16 July 1969 CE aboard a Saturn V rocket.; The lunar module Eagle landed in Mare Tranquillitatis on 20 July 1969 CE while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard Columbia.; Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969 CE, followed by Buzz Aldrin.; Armstrong and Aldrin spent about two and a half hours outside the lunar module collecting samples, deploying experiments and documenting the site.; The command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on 24 July 1969 CE, completing the mission.
Evidence confidence: Extensive mission archives; the image is a generic spaceflight workplace rather than Apollo 11's exact launch room.

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Historical geography

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Agent citation CIT-CORE-APOLLO-11CIT-CORE169-APOLLO11-SMITHSONIAN Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-APOLLO-11

Apollo 11 launch and lunar mission: record evidence guide

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-11-mission-overview/

nasa.gov

CIT-CORE169-APOLLO11-SMITHSONIAN

Apollo 11: The Moon Landing

https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-11-moon-landing

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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