Apollo 11

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1. The space vehicle that carried three American astronauts to the moon and back in July 1969. The vehicle consisted of a command module, which stayed in lunar orbit, and a lunar module, which carried two of the three crewmen to a safe landing on the moon.

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The other members of the crew were Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, and Michael Collins.

On becoming the first person to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong declared: “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

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Photo stations allow kids to put themselves in famous scenes, such as one from Apollo 11, and letters from children to presidents line the walls.

From The Wall Street Journal

Designer Timothy Oulton’s website boasts a number of spaceship-shaped creations, including one named “Apollo” that is “built to the same scale as NASA’s Apollo 11 space capsule” and houses an intimate seating area that his website notes can be used as a “VIP seating zone” or a work space.

From MarketWatch

But after they touch down on the moon, they won’t be able to climb down a ladder to the surface the way Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did on Apollo 11.

From Slate

When Apollo 11 landed on the moon, in a vehicle optimized for precisely that purpose, the legs, designed with a crushable honeycomb interior, were supposed to contract.

From Slate

So all eyes, then, on the Kennedy Center in Washington DC for an end to the game we've all been playing since Kenny McLean scored the goal that was heard around the world against Denmark at Hampden last month - Scottish football's moon landing with that ball spending almost as much time in space as Apollo 11.

From BBC