Six missions to the moon was made and a total of 12 astronauts walked on the moon. One of the missions Apollo-13 failed and they had to return. But The First man on the moon On July 20, 1969 with Apollo-11 was Commander Neil Armstrong who made history with Michael Collins, command module pilot; and , Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 launched from the Kennedy Space Center. After completing the successful mission On July 24, the astronauts returned home aboard the command module Columbia into the Pacific Ocean.
