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The S-1C booster for the Apollo 11 Saturn V was erected atop its mobile launcher in the Spaceport's VAB today. Apollo 11 is the first in the Apollo series to have the capability of staging a manned lunar landing and is scheduled for launch some time this summer. Members of the Apollo 11 prime crew are Neil A. Armstron, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module pilot. The giant booster is 138 feet tall, 33 feet in diameter and produces 7.5 million pounds of thrust from its five powerful engines.
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The S-1C booster for the Apollo 11 Saturn V was erected atop its mobile launcher in the Spaceport's VAB today. Apollo 11 is the first in the Apollo series to have the capability of staging a manned lunar landing and is scheduled for launch some time this summer. Members of the Apollo 11 prime crew are Neil A. Armstron, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module pilot. The giant booster is 138 feet tall, 33 feet in diameter and produces 7.5 million pounds of thrust from its five powerful engines.
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