T' Apollo 11 mission was t' first manned mission t' land on t' Moon. Ya scallywag! It was t' fifth human spaceflight o' Project Apollo and t' third human voyage t' t' Moon. Aye aye! Launched on July 16, 1969, shiver me timbers, it carried Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, arrr, Jr. On July 20, ya bilge rat, Armstrong and Aldrin became t' first humans t' walk on t' Moon, me bucko, while Collins orbited above. Blimey! T' mission fulfilled President John F. Aye aye! Kennedy's goal o' reachin' t' moon by t' end o' t' 1960s, which he expressed durin' a speech given before a joint session o' Congress on May 25, matey, 1961: "I believe that this nation should commit itself t' achievin' t' goal, before this decade is out, o' landin' a man on t' Moon and returnin' him safely t' t' Earth." science.ksc.nasa.gov Michael Collins: "... Well, blow me down! T' Saturn V rocket which put us in orbit is an incredibly complicated piece o' machinery, every piece o' which worked flawlessly ... Begad! We have always had confidence that this equipment will work properly. Begad! All this is possible only through t' blood, sweat, me bucko, and tears o' a number o' a people ...All you see be t' three o' us, but beneath t' surface are thousands and thousands o' others, and t' all o' those, matey, I would like t' say, 'Thank you very much.'" Buzz Aldrin: "... Aye aye! This has been far more than three men on a mission t' t' Moon; more, still, than t' efforts o' a government and industry team; more, arrr, even, arrr, than t' efforts o' one nation. We ...