Apollo 11 | National Air and Space Museum
17:54:01 UT (1:54:01 p.m. EDT)
Time on Lunar Surface:
21 hours, 38 minutes, 21 seconds
Returned to Earth:
16:50:35 UT (12:50:35 p.m. EDT)
Mission Duration:
195 hr. 18 min. 35 sec.
Retrieval site:
13° 19'N latitude and 169° 9'W longitude
Retrieval ship:
Special Payload:
Plaque (commemorates                     first manned landing)
Carried to Moon and returned two large American                       flags, flags of the 50 states, District of Columbia and U.S.                       Territories, flags of other nations and that of the United                       Nations.
MEPS (Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly) containing TV                     camera to record first steps on Moon and EASEP (Early Apollo                     Science Equipment Package).
Highlights/Notes:
First men on the Moon, Neil Armstrong                     and Buzz Aldrin. First return of samples from another planetary                     body.
The prime mission objective of Apollo 11 is                       stated simply: "Perform a manned lunar landing and return".
First return of samples from another planetary                       body. These first samples were basalts, dark-colored igneous                       rocks, and they were about 3.7 billion years old.
Plaque affixed to the                         leg of the lunar landing vehicle signed by President Nixon,                         Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin,                         Jr. The plaque bears a map of the Earth and this inscription:
HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH
FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON
JULY 1969 A.D.