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First Test Launch of a Saturn V Rocket[br][br][br]
[br][br]The giant Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 4 mission at the Kennedy Space Center's launch complex 39A stands at the dawn of November 8, 1967, during the pre-launch alert.[br][br]Apollo 11 Launch[br][br][br]
[br][br]The Apollo 11 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on July 16, 1969, bearing the first humans to walk on the moon.[br][br]Apollo 11: Supersonic Saturn 5[br][br][br]
[br][br]A Saturn V rocket launches the Apollo 11 crew on the first moon landing mission on July 16, 1969 in this image framed by an American flag. Four days later, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbited above.[br][br]First Footprints on the Moon[br][br][br]
[br][br]Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin photographed this iconic photo, a view of his footprint in the lunar soil, as part of an experiment to study the nature of lunar dust and the effects of pressure on the surface during the historic first manned moon landing in July 1969.[br]Buzz Aldrin, Second Man on the Moon[br][br][br]
[br][br]Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission, July 1969.[br][br]Apollo 11 Launch[br][br][br]
[br][br]The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle climbs toward orbit on July 16, 1969, bearing astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. Armstrong and Aldrin would make history as the first men on the moon.[br][br]Aldrin Gazes at Tranquility Base[br][br][br]
[br][br]Astronaut and Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin with the LR-3 during the Apollo 11 mission, the only Apollo experiment that is still returning data from the moon.[br][br]source: space.com[br][br][br][br][br][br][br][br] |
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