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Explanation:
On May 25, 1961 U.S. president
John
Kennedy announced the goal of landing astronauts on the Moon
by the end of the decade.
By November 9, 1967
this
Saturn V rocket
was ready for launch and the first full test of its capabilities on the
Apollo
4 mission.
Its development directed by rocket pioneer Wernher Von Braun,
the three stage
Saturn
V stood over 36 stories tall.
It had a cluster of five first stage engines
fueled by liquid oxygen and kerosene which together were capable of producing
7.9 million
pounds of thrust.
Giant Saturn V rockets
ultimately hurled nine
Apollo missions to the
Moon and back again with six landing on
the
lunar surface.
The first landing mission,
Apollo 11,
achieved Kennedy's goal on July 20, 1969.
Watch:
the November 11 Transit of Mercury
from
Earth or
from
Space.
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