ASTRONAUT LAUNCH: An updated forecast shows just a 50% chance of acceptable weather for today's historic astronaut launch: https://bit.ly/2ZFIrvw

388K views · 17K reactions | #OTD 51 years ago, Apollo 11 launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center with NASA Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins aboard. Four days later, Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the Moon's surface, while Collins orbited overhead in the Command Module: https://go.nasa.gov/3j7tRV0 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook