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Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968 and sent the first humans out of Earth’s orbit. It carried Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders on the first launch of a Saturn V with a crew onboard on a mission to orbit the Moon 10 times before returning to Earth on December 27. Image #:…
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STS-27 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is launched from KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B for a Department of Defense (DOD) dedicated mission. OV-104, riding atop the external tank (ET), rises above mobile launcher platform and launch pad with the launch tower still visible in background. Image #: s27-s-005 Date: December 2, 1988 via Flickr…
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STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A at 8:24:00 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). An exhaust cloud frames OV-103, atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), as it rises above the mobile launcher platform. Image #: sts053-s-056 Date:…
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad 39B with a crew of six NASA astronauts, a Swiss mission specialist and a variety of special tools aboard. Launch occurred at 4:27:00 a.m. (EST). Image #: sts061-s-090 Date: December 2, 1993 via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/P9MQ77
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The huge, 363-foot tall Apollo 12 (Spacecraft 108/Lunar Module 6/Saturn 507) Space Vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 11:22 a.m. (EST). Aboard the Apollo 12 spacecraft were Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Commander; Richard F. Gordon Jr., Command Module Pilot; and Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot. Image #:…
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With five astronauts aboard, the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Pad 39A. Launch occurred at 7:30:43:071 a.m. (EST), November 12, 1995. The crew members were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., Jerry L. Ross and Canadian astronaut Chris A.…
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