Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing 1600 km southwest of Honululu in the Pacific Ocean.

First manned lunar landing on 20.07.1969 (Armstrong and Aldrin). Landing maneuver to the lunar surface was manually performed, because of a computer failure. The landing area was the Sea of Tranquillity. Armstrong at 2 h 56 m 20 s, a.m. (UT) became the first man stepping on the lunar surface. 2h 32m EVA on the lunar surface. Armstrong and Aldrin, who followed 13 minutes later, collected lunar rocks and other material (21.55 kg). Also a solar wind composition experiment was deployed and later recovered and they build a scientific station (EASEP), including a passive seismic experiment and a laser ranging retro reflector. The crew had a telephone call with U.S. President Richard Nixon during lunar surface staying and they erected the U.S. flag. Total lunar surface stay time: 21 h 36 m; successfully docking of LM Eagle with CSM Columbia (with Collins on board, who had little to do, while Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon).

The recovery ship was "USS Hornet". The astronauts were carried by helicopter to the Hornet where they entered a mobile quarantine facility to begin a 17 day-period of observation under strict quarantine conditions.