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Everybody saw the Moon. But nobody had ever been there. This video starts by showing astronauts Aldrin, Armstrong, and Collins the morning they left for another world, starting the trip many thought it would never succeed, 53 years ago #Today [video: buff.ly/2NVYwZZ]

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Jul 16, 2022

On this day in 1969, 53 years ago #Today, Apollo 11, the spacecraft that would land on the Moon for the first time with humans, was launched. Here's what liftoff looked like buff.ly/2t3NNOb

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The view from the Apollo 11's launch camera E8 was probably the most impressive one, detailing in images the F-1 rocket engines power, igniting and producing the Saturn V's 7.5 million pounds of thrust bit.ly/2v63ztg

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This unusual view is the one that the 70mm Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System (mounted on an Air Force EC-135 aircraft) captured seconds after Apollo 11 launched 53 years ago #Today. The S-1C stage separates at 2' 41.6" after liftoff go.nasa.gov/29CTRHV

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Jul 16, 2022

The day you leave your planet to walk on another world and you get to understand this by looking out your window. This view of Earth showing clouds over its surface was photographed from the Apollo 11, 53 years ago #Today go.nasa.gov/2t4QSNV