On July 16, 1969, three astronauts began their journey to the moon.
Published Jul 16, 2019 10:33 PM CESTNASA’s comparison of archive video and restored video showing Neil Armstong descending a ladder from the Apollo 11 Lunar Module.
By 6:45 a.m. this day in 1969, the astronauts had eaten their steak-and-egg breakfasts, suited up, and strapped themselves into the spacecraft. The weight of the moment hung thick in the air, and the world watched as the crew prepared to make humanity's inaugural flight to the lunar surface. The Apollo 11 Saturn V lifts off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. at 9:32 a.m. EDT July 16, 1969, from Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A.
The spacecraft carried the Apollo 11 crew, along with fuel tanks, fuel cells, tanks of oxygen and hydrogen, supplies and food for the crew, cameras, the Early Apollo Scientific Experiment package, additional scientific instruments and equipment, and tools for collecting samples on the lunar surface.
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