Apollo 11's flight path took the spacecraft into Earth orbit 11 minutes after launch. Just over two hours later, during its second orbit, the rocket's third stage fired again to boost Apollo ...

That same day, NASA managers met to select a formal target launch date. That meeting resulted in 16 July 1969 being chosen as Apollo 11’s launch day – a target the mission would meet.

Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad. The Saturn V rocket climbs into orbit.

It was a sentiment expressed by President Richard Nixon as he spoke to the crew of Apollo 11 from the Oval Office ... with the final launch in 1972. At the time, President Nixon was making plans ...

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lift-off on Apollo 11… Tower cleared… She's lifting beautifully into the sky, a typically beautiful Saturn V launch. 16 July 1969. Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida ...

The remaining Apollo missions, including the Apollo 11 moon landing ... When is the next Florida launch? Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, Blue Origin, ULA rocket launch schedule in ...

The one-of-a-kind wedding band was crafted by the artisans at the Honest Hands Ring Co. of Colorado. For better or for worse, a small part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft will now be Jon Mesick's to ...

But the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 reminds us that this laughably ambitious goal has in fact already been proved doable--on a short deadline, at a time when computers were the size of rooms ...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which first landed American astronauts on the moon's surface. Of the intrepid crew, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have tended to ...