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On this day in 1961 – October 27th – SA-1, the first Saturn space launch vehicle, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

This was the first mission of the Apollo program - Saturn V space launch vehicles eventually took astronauts to the Moon.

Mona Evans
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