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National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Saturn V · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 100th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 988th orbital launch attempt

July 16, 1969Add to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jul 16, 13:32Jul 16, 13:32 UTC

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Apollo 11

Apollo 11 was commanded by Neil Armstrong , Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin. The Mission was to complete the goal that President John F. Kennedy set on May 25, 1961 to land a man on the moon and return the crew back to Earth. On July 20,1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed there Lunar Module on the sea of tranquility this marked the first time a human has set foot upon another celestial body.

Human Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)

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  1. P0DLiftoff
  2. T+1M23SMax-Q
  3. T+2M41SMECO
  4. T+2M42SStage 2 Separation
  5. T+2M43SSES
  6. T+3M17SLaunch Escape Jettison
  7. T+9M8SSECO
  8. T+9M9SStage 3 Separation
  9. T+9M12SStage 3 Ignition
  10. T+11M39SStage 3 Cutoff
  11. T+2H44M16SStage 3 Ignition
  12. T+2H50M13SStage 3 Cutoff
  13. T+3H17MCSM Seperation

Pad — Launch Complex 39A

222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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