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Apollo 11 was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon, and the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program. The mission was crewed by Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, all of whom were on their second and final spaceflight.

Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbited above. Schmitt was the only professional geologist to land on the Moon; he was selected in place of Joe Engle, as NASA had been under pressure to send a scientist to the Moon. The mission's heavy emphasis on science meant the inclusion of a number of new experiments, including a biological experiment containing five mice that was carried in the command and service module.

first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon

fourth Moon landing and ninth crewed flight of the United States Apollo program

Mare Tranquilliton

sea on the Moon

Mare Serenitatis

NASA lunar lander

lunar impact crater

Lacus Bonitatis

lunar impact crater

lunar impact crater

Palus Putredinis

lunar impact crater

Lacus Felicitatis

lunar impact crater

lunar impact crater

lunar impact crater

rille on the Moon

Lacus Lenitatis

lunar impact crater

mountain on the Moon

lunar impact crater

rugged, jumbled mountainous region on the Moon

lunar impact crater

lunar impact crater

Sinus Concordiae

lunar impact crater

Statio Tranquillitatis

Apollo 11 landing site

lunar mare in the Terra Nivium region on the Moon

lunar impact crater

lunar impact crater

lunar impact crater

mountain on the Moon