1969 Apollo 11 takes off for the Moon

The Apollo 11 space rocket has taken off successfully from Cape Kennedy, Florida, at the start of the first attempt to land a man on the Moon. An estimated one million people gathered from all over the state to see the giant Saturn 5 booster rocket blast off. The launch was on schedule, at 1432 BST (1332 GMT).  Nine seconds before lift-off, the rocket’s five engines ignited, sending a sheet of flame over the launch pad and about 20 acres of the surrounding marshland. Then with an immense roar, the booster rocket took off into the sky, taking Apollo 11 […]

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