Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin ’Buzz’ Aldrin. Armstrong was the Mission Commander, Aldrin the Lunar Module pilot and Collins, who remained in lunar orbit while the other two astronauts landed on the Moon, was the Command Module pilot. Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, was launched on 16th July 1969 and Armstrong and Aldrin became the first and second men to walk on the Moon on 20th July 1969

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