· However, Apollo 11, the American spacecraft, landed first Luna 15 malfunctioned and never retrieved any lunar material, meaning the United States won the race to the moon 4 11 out of 17 The Apollo 11 was the 11th Apollo mission out of 17 The goal of the Apollo line of missions was to land humans safely on the moon and return them to EarthApollo 11 was the USA's successful space mission to be the first nation to land people on the moon On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its way to the moonOnboard Apollo 11 were astronauts Neil Armstrong, mission commander, Michael Collins, pilot of the Command and Service Modules (CSM), and EdwinOn July 19, after Apollo 11 had flown behind the moon out of contact with Earth, came the first lunar orbit insertion maneuver At about 75 hours, 50 minutes into the flight, a retrograde firing of the SPS for 3575 seconds placed the spacecraft into an initial, ellipticallunar orbit of 69 by 190 miles
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