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CAPE KENNEDY, Fla., July 14, 1969 (UPI) -Launch crews, undismayed by an apparent Soviet gamble to upstage them, turned on Apollo 11's vital generators today and rolled toward Wednesday's start of ...

That same day, NASA managers met to select a formal target launch date. That meeting resulted in 16 July 1969 being chosen as Apollo 11’s launch day – a target the mission would meet.

Mars exploration Summer of 1969 special iReport.com: Where were you when man touched moon? NASA to cut 400 shuttle jobs, contractor says Donnelly, now 86, says he recalls the launch of Apollo 11 ...

Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/We-Have-Liftoff.html Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to ...

lift-off on Apollo 11… Tower cleared… She's lifting beautifully into the sky, a typically beautiful Saturn V launch. 16 July 1969. Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida ...

The first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11, launched on July 16 ... on July 16, 1969. The Saturn V rocket launches from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, at the Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 a.m ...

Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to Florida in 1969 to watch the launch of Apollo 11 (Produced by Molly Roberts; Photographs by David Burnett/Contact ...

liftoff, landing and return of this historic mission—one of humanity’s greatest achievements and the first to put men on the moon. With a newly-discovered trove of never-before-seen 70mm footage and ...

Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the idea of exploring new worlds. Others were inspired by a ...

Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and its celebration will highlight ... will host the rollout of the Artemis II Space Launch System core stage. "The rocket stage with its four ...

Apollo Journey' follows the familiar story of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission from launch sequence, through lift-off, command module separating, lunar module (the ‘Eagle’) landing, stepping on the ...