July 16, 2022
On this date in 1969, Apollo 11 – with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., aboard – was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC, at 9:32 a.m. In just four days, Armstrong and Aldrin would become the first two people to set foot on the moon.
Apollo 11 launched aboard the Saturn V rocket, which stood 363-ft tall. Image credit: NASA