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50 years ago, Neil Armstrong took 'one giant leap for mankind' as he became the first to step on the moon's surface - and now, new pictures provide a unique glimpse behind the profound 1969 voyage.

people are watching the space shuttle take off

LIFE PHOTO: Bill Eppridge photographer for LIFE magazine. REMASTERED by Dan Beaumont FLORIDA TODAY: www.floridatoday.com/search/apollo%2011/

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an artist's rendering of the space shuttle being launched

At 9:32 am on July 16, 1969 the Saturn V carrying Apollo 11 lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four days later, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong separated from the command module Columbia, leaving behind Michael Collins and headed down to land on the moon in the service modul - Saturn V Apollo 11 Liftoff

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a space shuttle taking off into the sky

Apollo-Saturn 201 (AS-201), the first Saturn IB launch vehicle developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:12 a.m. on Feb. 26, 1966.

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an image of a rocket taking off from the launch pad

REMASTERED by Dan Beaumont. NASA INFO: The huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 11 (Spacecraft 107/Lunar Module 5/Saturn 506) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 Kennedy Space Center (KSC), at 9:32 a.m. (EDT), July 16, 1969. Onboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 is the United States first lunar landing mission. Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin will…

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