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In July of 1969, America sent the first
humans to the moon. Astronauts Neil
Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins
were aboard the mission named Apollo 11.
The launch vehicle they rode, the Saturn 5
rocket, is still the most powerful machine
ever built. It generated almost 8 million
pounds of thrust and even after nearly 40
years, it is the only vehicle that has
carried men beyond earth's gravity.
Watch it now, as you would have seen it on
July 16, 1969, at 9:26 AM EDT. T-minus
00:5:59 and counting.
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