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A hydrogen leak hit Apollo 11 before launch - then engineers froze the valve shut

Apollo 11 looked flawless from Earth, but the mission nearly failed before it even left the launch pad. A hydrogen valve ...

President Nixon had this 'MOON DISASTER' speech ready in case Apollo 11 astronauts died

Forty-eight years ago this month, people around the world were glued to their TVs and radios as the first astronauts landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins — the crew of ...
Reuters

Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad where first humans lifted off for the moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned to the launch pad Tuesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where he flew to the moon 50 years ago along with the ...
BBC

Apollo 11 Moon landing: Everything you need to know

It's 55 years since US astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. As he did so, he ...