Apollo 11 Launch (2) S69-39961 Date Taken: 07/16/69 Closeup view as the 363 ft tall Apollo 11 space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:37 a.m., July 16, 1969. Apollo 11 is the United Sates first lunar landing mission. Fisheye lens view of the Apollo 11 spacecraft atop its Saturn V launch vehicle as it launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39. Credits: NASA KSC |