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Apollo 11 launch

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-apo11-20005

Image Size 300 DPI: 23 * 34 cm

The huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 11 (Spacecraft 107/Lunar Module 5/ Saturn 506) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), at 9:32 a.m. (EDT), July 16, 1969. Aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 is the United States' first lunar landing mission. This view of the liftoff was taken by a camera mounted on the mobile launch tower. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descend in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Collins will remain with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit.

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1969 - APOLLO - APOLLO 11 - CAPE CANAVERAL - FLORIDA - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - LAUNCH - LAUNCH PAD - LAUNCHER - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - ROCKET - SATURN V - SPACE CENTER -