Weatherday: Launched into history

Bootprint on the moon. Image: NASA.

A warm dry day with good sun, temperatures up to 25deg. Sunburn danger and high pollen count. Some light cloud possible in afternoon.

Light breeze from the north-west.

On this day in 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched, carrying the first astronauts to land on the moon.

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