In 1865 JulesVerne predicted the invention of a space capsule thatcould carry people.In his science fiction stor "Fromthe Earth to the Moon", he outlined his vision ofa cannon in Florida so powerful that it could shoot "Projectile-Vehicle" carrying three adventurer to the Moon.Over 100 years later NASA,guided by Wernher Von Braun's vision, produced the Saturn V rocket.From spaceport in Florida,this rocket turned Verne's fictio into fact,launching 9 Apollo Lunar missions and allowing 12 astronaut towalk on the Moon Pictured isthe last moon shot Apollo 17, awaiting itsDecember 1972 night launch.Spotlights play on the rocket and launch padat dusk.Humans have no walked on on the lunar surface since.
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