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Apollo 11: the fight for the first footprint on the moon

7 mins | Jun 9, 2019
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Letting Neil Armstrong take the first steps on the moon was controversial – especially with his colleague Buzz Aldrin David Whitehouse, writing in The Guardian, explores the intricacies behind one of NASA's biggest decisions in its history - who would be the first man to step on the Moon.

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