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Charles W. Mathews (Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight), Dr. Wernher von Braun (Director, Marshall Space Flight Center), George Mueller, and Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (Director, Apollo Program) relax in the Launch Control Center following the successful Apollo 11 liftoff on July 16, 1969. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC; Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft, and collected 47.5 pounds of lunar material to bring back to Earth. Command module pilot Michael Collins flew the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21.5 hours on the lunar surface before rejoining Columbia in lunar orbit.
