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The Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned mission to land on the Moon, launches from Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo, and carried Mission Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.Photo credit: NASA