On July 16, 1969, at 9:32 a.m. (EDT), Apollo 11 lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The powerful Saturn V rocket, the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built at the time, roared to life, shaking the ground as it carried humanity’s greatest dream toward space. As the engines ignited, millions watched live around the world. In just seconds, the rocket rose slowly, then faster, pushing through clouds and fire, leaving a bright trail in the sky. This liftoff marked the start

On July 16, 1969, the huge, 363-feet tall Saturn V rocket launches on the Apollo 11 mission from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:32 a.m. EDT. Onboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft are astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 was the United States' first lunar landing mission. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility reg

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Watch as Apollo 4, the largest space vehicle ever to be launched as of that date, lifted off #OnThisDay in 1967. It was the first flight of a Saturn V—the rocket that took NASA astronauts to the Moon more than 50 years ago. https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-4/ | NASA History