i. The launch of Apollo 11 from launch complex 30, pad A, Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 16, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), stamped 'NASA-USAF PHOTO' with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

ii. Ground-level view of the launch of Apollo 11 from launch complex 30, pad A, Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 16, 1969
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 15.3 x 19cm (6 x 7¹⁄₂in)

iii. Thousands line the roads adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch of Apollo 11, Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 16, 1969
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered '69-H-1132' with NASA caption on verso

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Launching at precisely 9:32 EDT, Apollo 11 was crewed by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. Just over eight years since cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, Apollo 11 became the first mission to land on and return from the surface of the Moon. Local Florida officials estimated that as many as one million people watched the Apollo 11 launch in person - a figure dwarfed by the 650 million estimated to have watched the Moon landing on television four days later.