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minigallery: More pictures from this day in 1969

Photos courtesy NASA, with caption information sourced from the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (http://history.nasa.gov)

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Early morning, 16 July 1969: spectators reserve viewing places on local beaches

Spectators line roads and beaches

The crew have breakfast on launch day

Armstrong's spacesuit prepared for launch day

Armstrong suiting up

Crew begin walk out to spacecraft

Apollo 11 crew about to enter spacecraft

Apollo 11 capsule atop launcher

Apollo 11 Saturn V on launch pad

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The Apollo 11 crew

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