Apollo 11 landed 4.2 miles from its intended target, the farthest off-target landing of the Apollo lunar missions.
Sources
- The First True Spaceship (smithsonianmag.com)
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- https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-14-mission-details/ (nasa.gov)
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