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The Apollo 11 mission, not a space shuttle, was involved in the first lunar landing. The lunar module named "Eagle" carried astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon's surface on July 20, 1969.
The first astronauts were test pilots.
The NASA shuttle landing facility was built in 1983. The first time the landing was used was in February 1984.
Early astronauts went into space aboard rockets protected within a capsule that would orbit the earth and then return by landing in the ocean where military helicopters and ships would recover them.
The first moon landing, Apollo 11, took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 16, 1969.
Probably the first device that could be called a "space lander" was the Lunar Excursion Module (referred to as the "LEM") which was built for the moon landing in 1969.
The first space shuttle to be built but never flew into space was the Space Shuttle Enterprise. It was used for approach and landing tests during the late 1970s.
On February 3rd, 1966 the Soviet unmanned spacecraft Luna 9 was the first man-made probe to make a soft landing on the moon.
The first spaceship to do a soft landing on the moon was part of the Apollo Space program. The spaceship was not manned and did not have a name. This was in 1967.
Pilots of a space vehicle return to Earth by carefully executing a re-entry plan that involves deorbiting the spacecraft, which typically includes firing the spacecraft's thrusters to slow down and change its trajectory. They then navigate through the atmosphere, managing heat and aerodynamic forces, and deploy parachutes or use other landing systems to ensure a safe touchdown. Throughout this process, pilots must monitor systems and communicate with mission control to adjust their approach as needed. Finally, they focus on landing safely, whether in the ocean or on solid ground, depending on the mission design.
The first space shuttle built for NASA was named "Enterprise." It was used for approach and landing tests in the atmosphere, but it never flew in space.