At 4 a.m. -- less
than six hours before liftoff -- Kinzler installs the
flag onto the underside of the Lunar Module ladder,
following an 11-step procedure he has written out. The
spacecraft sits on top of the Saturn V rocket that will
propel it into outer space.
Searchlights illuminate Apollo 11 Saturn
V rocket on the launch pad, July 1969. Courtesy NASA.
