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BIOD #198 - Launch of Appollo 11 - 16 July 1969

The Vintage NASA Photo Collection of Philip Kulpa

THE LAUNCH OF APOLLO 11 AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 39. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 16 JULY 1969.

 

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic color photograph, 10 by 8 inches, “A Kodak Paper” watermark, press caption printed in purple to verso. NASA image ID “NASA S-69-39529” printed in upper left margin in red; tape to verso.

 

The massive 363-feet tall Apollo 11 space vehicle, being launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, at Kennedy Space Center on the morning of 16 July 1969. The Saturn V was the largest production model of the Saturn family of rockets, and was designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun. To this day the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit.

 

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Uploaded on July 16, 2024