
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Thousands of persons lined roads adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center today to watch the launch of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. on the nation's first manned lunar landing mission. Their Apollo_Saturn V space vehicle lifted off at 9:32 a.m. EDT July 16, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. Photo credit: NASA
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