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What You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Mission

From JFK's real motives to the Soviets' secret plot to land on the Moon at the same time, a new behind-the-scenes view of an unlikely triumph 50 years ago
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Pieces of Apollo: The Story of Space Exploration by the Artifacts
Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit Returns to Public View
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Watch the Apollo 11 Anniversary Show That Was Projected Onto the Washington Monument

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Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins on the Past and Future of Space Exploration

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Imagining a World Where Soviets and Americans Joined Hands on the Moon

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From the Family Station Wagon to the Apollo Lunar Rover, My Dad's Engineering Talent Had No Limits

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Neil Armstrong’s Restored Spacesuit Put Back on Display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

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Apollo Engineers Discuss What It Took to Land on the Moon

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A Timeline of Apollo's Journey to the Moon

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Apollo's Legacy

Apollo 11 Mission Memorialized With 2,200 Pounds of Butter

Watch the Apollo 11 Anniversary Show That Was Projected Onto the Washington Monument

Interactive Map Shows All 21 Successful Moon Landings

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The Best Books About the Apollo Program and Landing on the Moon

Restored Apollo Mission Control Center Brings the Moon Landing Era to Life

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A Smithsonian Curator Reflects on Apollo 10, the Mission That Made Landing on the Moon Possible

NASA Won’t Be Going ‘Back’ to the Moon—It Wants to Go Beyond It

In the Wake of Apollo’s 'Giant Leap,' What’s Next for Lunar Exploration?

Apollo's Cultural Mark

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Watch the Apollo 11 Anniversary Show That Was Projected Onto the Washington Monument

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How Apollo 8 ‘Saved 1968’

Remembering When JFK Sent Us to the Moon

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