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Apollo 11: How it happened

Apollo 11: How it happened

Scared that the Russians might beat them Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin climbed into the lunar module The Eagle and headed for the moon, but not everything went to plan.

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Former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin delivers a speech during an Apollo 11 anniversary celebration dinner at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration o July 17, 2019, at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. (Photo by Loren ELLIOTT / AFP)

Buzz Aldrin: Australia could join Moon race

Buzz Aldrin has a plan for the next “giant leap” and it includes an alliance by the world’s superpowers and Australia.

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What do you know about the Moon landing?

What do you know about the Moon landing?

Fifty years ago, three men blasted off from Earth to make history. But how much do you remember of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon? Take our quiz.

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Planet Mars with moon, illustration

Mars mistake: 30 years too late

It’s been 50 years since Apollo 11, and a NASA engineer has revealed why humans haven’t been back to the moon or visited Mars.

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Unseen insights into Moon landing

Unseen insights into Moon landing

The first moon landing was one of the most extraordinary achievements of mankind and two new docos shed new light on the trip with previously unseen footage and audio.

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NEWS 360 PREMIUM LOCKED CONTENT – NO THE AUSTRALIAN/NO NEWS.COM/NO SKY NEWS- EMBARGO 7PM SAT JULY 13- The humanoid Valkyrie 8 robot, a project in the Dexterous Robitics Lab at the NASA Johnson Space Center Wednesday, Jul. 3, 2019, in , Houston TX. The Robotics lab takes up about a quarter of the space inside the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the center.(Photo by Michael Wyke)

Star Wars-like robots will help us conquer space

Our first small step on the moon was lauded as a “giant leap for mankind” — but the next strides we make in space and lunar exploration will be made by robots. SEE THE VIDEO

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Pamela Melroy from U.S.A. is a Shuttle Pilot with NASA and is heading back into space on July 13.

Giant leap as woman heads to the Moon

Fifty years ago, space was awash with sexism. Now a woman is heading for the Moon — if she can find a spacesuit that fits.

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Shock unheard audio reveals Armstrong’s Moon fear

Shock unheard audio reveals Armstrong’s Moon fear

Neil Armstrong’s biggest fear before Apollo 11’s mission to the Moon has been unearthed on previously lost tapes.

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See the Moon as astronauts did

See the Moon as astronauts did

When thousands of photographs from the Apollo missions were made available to the public, it gave us the first chance to see the Moon just as the astronauts did.

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Nazi rocket Moon man world would rather forget

Nazi rocket Moon man world would rather forget

Australian aircrew tried to kill him. His extraordinary rockets killed hundreds. This rocket scientist went on to put the first person on the Moon. But everyone wanted to forget him.

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ESCAPE: Houston NASA, Amanda Woods - part of the comprehensive spacesuit collection . Picture: Space Center Houston.

Australia to build state-of-the-art space centre

If humans land on Mars or walk on the Moon again, Australians could watch it live at a state-of-the-art mission control centre, which the government plans to build in Adelaide

Prue and Jim Fidge were married at the same time as the first moon landing. picture: Glenn Ferguson

‘Neil Armstong crashed our wedding’

Former Geelong mayor Jim Fidge and his wife Prue recall how Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin tried to crash their wedding.

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This photo obtained from NASA and taken by Neil Armstrong (reflected on helmet) shows Edwin

Moon Landing: Fifty years on and still looking to the stars

The footprint is still there in the moon dust but did the first lunar landing live up to expectations? writes Michael Madigan

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TWAM-20160305 EMBARGO FOR TWAM 5 March 2016 Andy Thomas astronaut makes first space walk 2001 Pic : NASA

Search for life could unite Earth: Aussie astronaut

As the anniversary of the 1969 moon landing nears, former Aussie astronaut Dr Andy Thomas says the search for extraterrestrial life could help unite a divided Earth.

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