A moon landing is the arrival of an intact manned or unmanned spacecraft on
the surface of a planet's natural satellite. The concept has been a goal of
humankind since it was first appreciated that the Moon is Earth's closest
large celestial body.
The United States space agency NASA achieved the first manned landing on
Earth's Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission commanded by Neil Armstrong.
On July 20, 1969, Armstrong, accompanied by Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, landed
the lunar module Eagle on the surface of the Moon, while Micheal Collins
orbited above. Armstrong and Aldrin spent a day on the surface of the Moon
before returning to Earth. NASA carried out six manned moon landings between
1969 and 1972.
