Launch of Historic Proportions
Apollo 11 was powered by a Saturn V rocket at 363 feet tall. It took off in July of 1969 from Cape Kennedy in Florida. This was just one of four sections, including the Columbia and the Eagle. Thousands upon thousands of people went to the base that day to watch them head into space.
Launch Of Historic Proportions
Setting Off
When the spacecraft left the Earth’s atmosphere, it went straight to the moon from the thrust of the other three sections. The first launched them off the ground and remained there, and the second got them through the stratosphere.
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Setting Off