Apollo 11 Launch Control Center, Kennedy Space Center, USA. Footage of personnel and computers at the Launch Control Center for the Apollo 11 mission, July 1969. The Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket was launched from pad 39a at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, USA on July 16th 1969, and was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The crew consisted of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Buzz Aldrin. Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the Moon's surface on July 20th and collected lunar material. Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command module. They returned to Earth and landed in the Pacific Ocean on July 24th. |