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  2. Apollo 11 - Wikipedia

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    The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. at 9:32 am. EDT July 16, 1969, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. An estimated one million spectators watched the launch of Apollo 11 from the highways and beaches in the vicinity of the launch site.

  3. Lunar Panoramic Photography - Apollo 11 - Wikipedia

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    Despite its historic nature, the primary purpose of Apollo 11 was simple; to perform a manned lunar landing and return [3].All other aspects were considered as bonuses, including the Extravehicular Activity/EVA on the surface (AKA Moonwalk) which was kept to the barest minimum of placing a few experimental devices, grabbing a few rocks, and taking a few photographs.

  4. List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    Decompression in space Soyuz 11 Georgy Dobrovolsky Viktor Patsayev Vladislav Volkov: The crew of Soyuz 11 died after undocking from space station Salyut 1 after a three-week stay. A cabin vent valve construction defect caused it to open at service module separation. The recovery team found the crew dead.

  5. The Story Behind TIME's 1969 Apollo Launch-Party Photos

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    See TIME's photos of Americans who watched Apollo 11 lift off for the moon on July 16, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

  6. Lunar Module Eagle - Wikipedia

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    Lunar Module Eagle (LM-5) is the spacecraft that served as the crewed lunar lander of Apollo 11, which was the first mission to land humans on the Moon. It was named after the bald eagle , which was featured prominently on the mission insignia .

  7. List of Apollo missions - Wikipedia

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    Launch of AS-506 space vehicle on July 16, 1969, at pad 39A for mission Apollo 11 to land the first men on the Moon. The Apollo program was a United States human spaceflight program carried out from 1961 to 1972 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [1]

  8. Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later

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    Back at Kennedy, NASA televised original launch video of Apollo 11, timed down to the second. Then Cabana turned the conversation to NASA's next moonshot program, Artemis, named after the twin ...

  9. Splashdown - Wikipedia

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    Apollo 11 was America's first Moon landing mission and marked the first time that humans walked on the surface of another planetary body. The possibility of the astronauts bringing pathogens from the Moon back to Earth was remote, but not ruled out.