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Space journey:

• Apollo 11:

• Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon.

• The first steps by humans on another planetary body were

taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969.

• The astronauts also returned to Earth the first samples from

another planetary body.

• After traveling 240,000 miles in 76 hours, Apollo 11 entered
into a lunar orbit on July 19.

• The next day, at 1:46 p.m., the lunar module Eagle, manned

by Armstrong and Aldrin, separated from the command

module, where Collins remained.

• They spent 21 hours and 36 minutes on the surface of the

moon and collected 21.5 kg of materials from moon to bring

back to the Earth.