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Close ✕Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
The Apollo lunar launch pad, on Merritt Island, Florida. Built for the Saturn V and first used by the uncrewed Apollo 4 in November 1967, it launched every crewed Apollo lunar mission…
28.6, -80.6 · exact · 1967–present
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- A place in: Apollo to Artemis · 4 places
- A stop on: Apollo 11 · 2 places
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- is launched from of Apollo 8 — Apollo 8 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A on 21 December 1968.
- is launched from of Apollo 11 — Apollo 11 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A on 16 July 1969 at 13:32 UTC.
- located in John F. Kennedy Space Center — Launch Complex 39 was built on Merritt Island for the Saturn V, clear of the crowded Cape Canaveral complex to the south; Pad A launched every crewed Apollo lunar mission.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
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