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    2. The Apollo Story

    The Apollo Story

    The Apollo Guidance Computer delivered astronauts safely to the lunar surface. Credit: NASA
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    Secrets of Apollo The Apollo Guidance Computer

    A view of the Apollo 11 landing sites in Mare Tranquillitatis. Credit: Pete Lawrence
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    The Apollo 11 Lunar Module gets ready to land. This image was captured from the Command and Service Module. Credit: NASA
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    Buzz Aldrin pictured on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Credit: NASA
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    The Saturn V LVDC. Credit: NASA
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    Buzz Aldrin descends the ladder of the Lunar Module to become the second human to set foot on the surface of the Moon. Credit: NASA
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    24 July 1969. The command module is lowered onto the deck of the USS Hornet to be prepared for transport back to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston. At the top are the three air sacks that inflated to right the module when it came to rest upside-down after splashdown. Credit: NASA
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    The Apollo 11 crew peer out of their mobile quarantine facility in Houston, after being flown back to the US mainland. Credit: NASA
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    Samples collected from rocky areas of the Apollo 11 landing site like this laid the basis for much of what we know about the Moon. Credit: NASA
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    What have the Apollo 11 lunar samples taught us about the Moon?

    Flight light controllers celebrate the conclusion of Apollo 11 on Jul 24, 1969. Credit: NASA
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    Apollo 11 Mission Control: the people behind the Moon landing

    Apollo 11 mission patch Credit NASA
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    The Apollo 11 mission patch: how it came to be

    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin practise taking photos of a lunar sample area. Credit: NASA
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    10 facts about the Apollo Moon landing missions

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    In pictures Apollo behind the scenes

    A solar prominence captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credit: Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA
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