Apollo Program

Florida Frontiers “Forty-fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch”

Forty-five years ago this week, the flight of Apollo 11 changed the course of human history.

On July 16, 1969, a Saturn V rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center carrying astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. into space. Four days later, Neil Armstrong, closely followed by Buzz Aldrin, left the lunar module Eagle and walked on the surface of the moon.

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