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  2. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Apollo 11 launch

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    Original Reason This is an amazingly iconic image of the world's first lunar mission and the crowning moment of the Space Race.The presence of the flag with the Apollo 11/Saturn V at the very moment the vessel reaches Max Q makes it a one-of-a-kind snapshot of a defining moment in American history, never to be seen again and impossible to duplicate.

  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. 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.

  5. PHOTOS: 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing

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    A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time.

  6. 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.

  7. File:Aldrin Apollo 11.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content. Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."

  8. File:Apollo 11 Launch2.jpg - Wikipedia

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

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    The lone female launch controller for Apollo 11, JoAnn Morgan, enjoyed seeing the much updated- firing room. One thing was notably missing, though: stacks of paper. "We could have walked to the ...