The Saturn V rocket is widely known as the rocket that brought humans to the moon. It required considerable speed to escape ...

A look back at July 16, 1969, a day etched into American history when Apollo 11 launched from the Kennedy Space Center for NASA's historic lunar mission. July 16, 1969: Apollo 11 astronauts stand ...

July 20, 1969. After years of setbacks, sacrifice, and scientific innovation, Apollo 11 made history. This is the story of how Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins took humanity’s first steps on ...

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed Apollo 11’s lunar module, the Eagle, on the Sea of Tranquility while Michael Collins remained in orbit. Hours later, Armstrong took “one ...

The overview: Apollo 11 lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy ... What else was going on in 1969? It was a crazy time. Airline hijacking was a big thing, especially to Cuba.

Finally, on July 16th, 1969, the long journey which began with ... equally fantastic was the pinpoint moon landing of Apollo 12 in November. At the controls of Intrepid, the Lunar Excursion ...

On July 16 th 1969 Apollo 11 launched from the Kennedy Space Center with astronauts, Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Shortly after the men were in earth's orbit going around 1.5 ...

1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were forced to quarantine for over two weeks in case they had returned with any dangerous lunar microorganisms.

Footage aired of the July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 Blast-off - mission to the moon. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. *This text was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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Paul Hennessy / Alamy Stock Photo One afternoon in July 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin were nearing the climax of their epic 240,000-mile voyage through the ...