During a routine ground test in January 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were sealed inside their ...

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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. On July 16, 1969, Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a ...

Click to open image viewer. Apollo 9 was launched aboard a Saturn V on March 3, 1969 from Kennedy Space Center. The crewmembers, Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar ...