At 9:32 a.m. EDT, the swing arms move away and a plume of flame signals the liftoff of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11" class="extiw" title="w:Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V" class="extiw" title="w:Saturn V">Saturn V</a> space vehicle and astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A.
NASA; restored by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mvuijlst" title="User:Mvuijlst">Michel Vuijlsteke</a>
Taken on 16 July 1969
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