The NASA Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle sets down in the Sea of Tranquility, the first spacecraft to reach the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first two men to walk on the moon as the third astronaut, Michael Collins, remained in the command module.
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