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On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 and its crew were launched into space with the mission to land on the moon and return safely home. With over 500 million people watching, Commander Neil Armstrong and Pilot Buzz Aldrin donned their spacesuits and stepped out of the lunar module onto the moon’s surface, taking "…one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
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