To celebrate the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 launch to the moon Tuesday (July 16), the U.S. Space and Rocket Center launched nearly 5,000 model rockets.

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Video. Thousands of model rockets launched in Huntsville, Alabama on Tuesday, 50 years after the Apollo 11 crew blasted off for the Moon.

But before astronauts could take that one small step on the moon, they had to take off from Earth. On Tuesday, July 16, in commemoration of the 9:32 am launch of the Saturn V rocket carrying the ...

This LEGO Saturn V is Almost as Cool as the Real Apollo 11 Rocket. ... The plan calls for 1179 bricks to create a three-and-a-half foot scale model rocket, based specifically on the Apollo 11 mission.

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., launched nearly 5,000 model rockets Tuesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, according to AL.com. The center ...

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Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin is expected at a gala dinner tonight at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, and von Braun’s daughter Margrit was one of the speakers at another big celebration ...

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