page_title: Timeline of Solar System exploration
section_title: 1960s
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Solar System exploration / 1960s
caption_attribution_description: English: Astronaut Edwin E."Buzz" Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon. He has just deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP). In the foreground is the Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP); beyond it is the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3); in the center background is the United States flag; in the left background is the black and white lunar surface television camera; in the far right background is the Lunar Module "Eagle". Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
context_page_description: This is a timeline of Solar System exploration ordered by date of spacecraft launch. It includes:
  All spacecraft that have left Earth orbit for the purposes of Solar System exploration, including lunar probes.
  A small number of pioneering or notable Earth-orbiting craft.
  It does not include:
  Centuries of terrestrial telescopic observation.
  The great majority of Earth-orbiting satellites.
  Space probes leaving Earth orbit that are not concerned with Solar System exploration.
  Probes that failed at launch.
  The dates listed are launch dates, but the achievements noted may have occurred some time later—in some cases, a considerable time later.
caption: Apollo 11 – First crewed lunar landing
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