Posted on July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 by Generation MarsToo long 49 years ago today, Apollo 11 lifted off. It’s been too long. Launch of Apollo 11 On July 16, 1969, the huge, 363-feet tall Saturn V rocket launches on the Apollo 11 mission from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:32 a.m. EDT. NASA