Celebration of 50th anniversary of the launch of the spaceflight Apollo 11 that landed humans on the moon 4 days late

SAfm — Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the spaceflight Apollo 11 that landed humans on the moon 4 days later. Apollo 11 was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on July 16, 1969 and was the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo programme. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, landed the Apollo Lunar Module, Eagle, on July 20, 1969. To look at the significance of this historic moment we are joined on the line by Eugene Avenant, Chief Engineer for Space Operations at the South African National Space Agency - (SANSA)