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Antares Rocket Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

STS-128 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-130 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Four space pioneers pose for a photo in the Rocket Garden at the KSC Visitor Complex. From left are Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter and John Glenn Jr. The occasion was the celebration of the 40th anniversary of American spaceflight. The event was held Feb. 24, 2002 KSC-02pd0203

NASA NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM 2011 EVENT

STS-130 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Orb3 Antares Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

A graph comparing the number of U.S. and Soviet space launches between 1960 and 1985

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Apollo 11 Launched Via Saturn V Rocket

Apollo 11 Launched Via Saturn V Rocket

Apollo 11 Launched Via Saturn V Rocket

Apollo 11 Launched Via the Saturn V Rocket-High Angle View

Apollo 11 spacecraft pre-launch

A large rocket is being launched from the ground. Apollo 11 start rocket launch.

Apollo 11 Launch, NASA Apollo program

Liftoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission

Apollo 11 Launch, NASA Apollo program

Apollo 11 Launched Via Saturn V Rocket

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Full Description: The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. The Saturn V vehicle produced a holocaust of flames as it rose from its pad at Launch complex 39. The 363 foot tall, 6,400,000 pound rocket hurled the spacecraft into Earth parking orbit and then placed it on the trajectory to the moon for mans' first lunar landing. Aboard the space craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module pilot. With the success of Apollo 11, the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished...UID: SPD-MARSH-6901000

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Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC; Aldrin joined him about 20 minutes later. They spent about two and a quarter hours together outside the spacecraft and collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material for return to Earth. The third member of the mission, Michael Collins, piloted the command spacecraft alone in lunar orbit ​until Armstrong and Aldrin returned to it just under a day later for the trip back to Earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

The mission plan of Apollo 11 was to land two men on the lunar surface and return them safely to Earth. The spacecraft carried a crew of three: Mission Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., was launched by a Saturn V from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, and after three days until they entered lunar orbit. Collins was awaiting on Lunar orbit while the Eagle Lunar Module with Armstrong and Aldrin and has landed in Moon's Mare Tranquillitatis at 3:17 p.m. EST on July 20, 1969. Immediately after landing on the Moon, Armstrong and Aldrin prepared the LM for liftoff as a contingency measure. Following the meal, the astronauts began preparations for the descent to the lunar surface. Armstrong emerged from the spacecraft first. While descending, he released the Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly on which the surface television camera was stowed, and the camera recorded humankind's first step on the Moon. A sample of lunar surface material was collected and stowed to assure that, if a contingency required an early end to the planned surface activities, samples of lunar surface material would be returned to Earth. Astronaut Aldrin subsequently descended to the lunar surface. The astronauts collected lunar samples, deployed several experiments, and made photographs of the lunar surface. Two and a quarter hours later, the astronauts reentered the Lunar Module, after which the astronauts slept. The ascent from the lunar surface began 21 hours and 36 minutes after the lunar landing. In about four days, the Command Module entered Earth atmosphere and landed in the Pacific Ocean.

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Static Test Firing of Saturn V S-1C Stage

JFK Tour of KSC. NASA public domain image colelction.

Saturn Apollo Program, NASA Apollo program

Douglas DT-2, A-6423, US Navy Photogrpah

Close-up view of astronauts footprint in lunar soil

Astronaut Edwin Aldrin practices work task aboard KC-135

View of Mission Control during lunar surface Apollo 11 EVA

Steve Ybarra and Ernest Ocampo of Douglas Aircraft install fasteners on the first piece to be assembled in the C-17 transport aircraft program: a 68-foot tiedown rail that is the central structural member of the cargo floor

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Sukey Bryan, 2008 - National Parks Gallery

Schmitt with Flag and Earth Above

Viking 1 Launch, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

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