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The Apollo 11 rocket on its mobile launch platform just after rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its way to Launch Complex 39A on May 17, 1969. Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, was launched on July 16, 1969, with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins on board.

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