What was the name of the lunar mission that landed humans on the Moon? 

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  1. Lunokhod 1
  2. Apollo 11
  3. Chandrayan I
  4. Viking 1

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Option 2 : Apollo 11
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The correct answer is Apollo 11.

  • The first moon landing occurred on July 20, 1969, on the Apollo 11 mission.
  • The crew of Apollo 11 was Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin.
  • Armstrong and Aldrin crawled from the command module through an interconnecting tunnel into the lunar module, Eagle.

Important Points

Lunokhod 1
  • Lunokhod 1 was the first lunar rover to land on the Moon's surface, on November 17, 1970.
  • It was carried to the Moon on board the Soviet spacecraft Luna 17 and landed in a crater called the Sea of Rains.
Chandrayan I
  • It was the first lunar space probe of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and found water on the Moon.
  • It lifted off on 22 October 2008.
  • It was under the control of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Viking 1
  • Viking 1 consisted of both an orbiter and a lander designed to take high-resolution images, and study the Martian surface and atmosphere.
  • The Viking program was a NASA mission that sent two spacecraft to the planet Mars.
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