T' Apollo 11 mission be t' first manned mission t' land on t' Moon. Avast, me proud beauty! It be t' fifth human spaceflight o' Project Apollo and t' third human voyage t' t' Moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, ya bilge rat, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became t' first humans t' walk on t' Moon, while Collins orbited above. T' mission fulfilled President John F. 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, me bucko, 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: "... Ahoy! T' Saturn V rocket which put us in orbit is an incredibly complicated piece o' machinery, every piece o' which worked flawlessly ... We have always had confidence that this equipment will work properly. Blimey! All this is possible only through t' blood, sweat, 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, I would like t' say, 'Thank you very much.'" Buzz Aldrin: "... This has been far more than three men on a mission t' t' Moon; more, still, ya bilge rat, than t' efforts o' a government and industry team; more, even, than t' efforts o' one nation. Ya scallywag! We ...