Pad processing plan: With rollout underway, NASA plans just under two months of pad processing for the Apollo 11 vehicle. This will include a complete checkout of the rocket, a countdown ...

turned on Apollo 11's vital generators today and rolled toward Wednesday's start of America's climactic moon expedition. Countdown goes ahead of schedule CAPE KENNEDY, Fla., July 15, 1969 (UPI ...

As countdown continues, America holds its breath. In the White House, President Nixon watches closely on TV. At 9:32 am local time, the Saturn V begins to rumble and rise. Apollo 11 is going to space.

The first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11, launched on July 16, 1969. The crew of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, from left, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong, pose with a ...