OrbitingTruths Archive
MoonExplorer
Every place humans have walked on another world. Select a site to see who landed there, when, and what they found.
6
Landings
12
Moonwalkers
1969–72
Years
Tranquility Base
Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility)
Humanity's first Moon landing. Armstrong and Aldrin spent over twenty-one hours on the surface, taking the first human steps beyond Earth.
Coordinates
0.67°N, 23.47°E
Date
July 20, 1969
All landing sites
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The full gazetteer
Locations
Browse every lunar landing site and launch pad in the archive.
The full program
Apollo Program
Explore all seventeen Apollo missions, from the Apollo 1 tragedy to the final lunar landing.
The chronology
Timeline
See where these landings fit alongside every other mission in the archive.
The people
Astronauts
Meet the twelve men who walked on the Moon, and everyone who helped get them there.