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Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon in 1969, whereas rockets are the vehicles used to propel spacecraft into space. Apollo 11 specifically was the mission that carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the Moon and successfully landed Armstrong and Aldrin on its surface.
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No, Apollo 11 was not the first rocket to launch into space. The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Apollo 11 was the mission that landed the first humans on the moon in 1969.
There were a total of 15 Apollo rockets that were launched between 1966 and 1972. These rockets were used for crewed missions to the moon as part of NASA's Apollo program.
The Apollo rockets that were launched for the moon missions are either in museums or on display in various locations across the United States. For example, the Saturn V rocket used for the Apollo 11 mission is displayed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Other Apollo rockets may have been used for other purposes, scrapped, or lost in space.
The rockets that carried astronauts to the moon were the Saturn V rockets. Specifically, Apollo 11, the first mission to land humans on the moon, launched with a Saturn V rocket.