Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16 at 13:32 UTC, and it was the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program.

Jan 20, 2025 · Apollo 11, U.S. spaceflight in which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the culmination of the Apollo program and a massive national commitment by the United States to beat the Soviet Union in putting people on the Moon.

Oct 11, 2024 · Apollo 11 on NASA+. Watch highlights from the Apollo 11 mission including the launch on July 16, 1969, the landing of the lunar module, Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon, splashdown, and more. Watch on NASA+

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Apr 17, 2015 · Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles.

Jul 2, 2024 · Apollo 11. The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. Apollo 11 launched July 16, 1969 and landed back on Earth on July 24, 1969.

Jul 10, 2018 · 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.

Jul 28, 2020 · Apollo 11 liftoff Apollo 11 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A on 16 July 1969 at 09:32 EDT. Image: NASA On 20 July, Armstrong and Aldrin boarded their lunar module, nicknamed Eagle, and undocked it from the command module, where Collins remained.

The Saturn V (‘Saturn five’) that took Apollo astronauts to the Moon was the most powerful rocket ever made. It was the culmination of the Saturn rocket series developed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Taller, heavier and more powerful than anything that had come before, the rocket that blasted the Apollo 11 crew towards the Moon was a behemoth. But only a tiny proportion of it would actually be making the full round-trip