
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Wernher von Braun, director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., relaxes in the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center after the successful launch of Apollo 11. This historic launch, the first manned landing on the Moon, began at 9:32 a.m. EDT today when the Apollo/Saturn V launch vehicle lifted off from Launch Complex 39A.
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July 16, 1969
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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