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Apollo 11

Early space exploration expedition launched from Earth by the NASA space agency in July 1969, the first mission to send humans to Earth's moon. The spacecraft was launched by a huge chemically-fueled rocket vehicle known as a Saturn V. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on another world, describing the achievement as "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."