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# Apollo 11

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# Test Yourself
QUIZ: How much do you know about astronauts?
That’s one small step for man…
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Nov 26th 2022, 10:00 PM
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# Apollo 11
Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft during the Moon landing, has died aged 90
Michael Collins piloted the orbiting command module as his colleages landed on the Moon.
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Apr 28th 2021, 6:39 PM
# evening quiz
Quiz: How much do you know about the Apollo 11 moon landing?
Today marks 51 years since the launch of Apollo 11.
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Jul 16th 2020, 9:30 PM
# One Small Step
Astronaut Michael Collins returns to Apollo 11 launch site 50 years to the day since mission lifted off
Collins spoke at length about his experience on the mission and about NASA’s next moon programme.
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Jul 16th 2019, 9:30 PM
# Apollo 11
Buzz Aldrin is suing two of his children over alleged misuse of his finances
His children have filed a petition saying he is suffering from memory loss and delusions.
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Jun 26th 2018, 2:38 PM
# Cash Money
Neil Armstrong's moon bag sells for $1.8 million in New York
A lawyer bought the bag for less than $1,000.
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Jul 20th 2017, 10:22 PM
# One Small Step
Here are the bizarre items that Neil Armstrong nicked from the moon
We would do the same.
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Feb 9th 2015, 6:00 PM
# Moonwalker
45 years ago, man walked on the moon - here's how it was reported
It was one small step for man, one giant leap for media coverage.
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Jul 21st 2014, 2:15 PM
# Tribute
VIDEO: NASA marks one year since Neil Armstrong's death
Armstrong died in 2012 at the age of 82.
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Aug 26th 2013, 2:02 PM
Voices
Column: Have we lost the ambition that put a man on the moon?
These are financially difficult times – but that doesn’t mean we should abandon the big projects that advance human knowledge, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Sep 1st 2012, 7:45 AM
# need to know
The Evening Fix: Sunday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Aug 26th 2012, 7:56 PM
# Neil Armstrong
VIDEO: Neil Armstrong recounts his 1969 visit to the moon
The late astronaut spoke to the BBC about his lunar experiences in the months following his return from the Apollo 11 mission.
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Aug 26th 2012, 5:15 PM
# Man on the Moon
Obama and Aldrin lead tributes to 'American hero' Neil Armstrong
The US president, and the man who first joined him on the moon, pay tribute to the late astronaut.
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Aug 26th 2012, 10:12 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know this morning…
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Aug 26th 2012, 8:54 AM
# One Small Step
In pictures: the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969
From launch to landing: NASA archive images from the first successful manned moon landing mission.
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Aug 25th 2012, 8:45 PM
# Apollo 11
Amazon founder 'locates lost Apollo 11 rockets'
The rocket engines were last seen pushing the Apollo 11 mission into space ahead of its successful moon landing in 1969.
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Mar 29th 2012, 9:58 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
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Mar 29th 2012, 8:31 AM
# In Numbers
Prime numbers: The week in stats
Debts, draw-downs, state assets and lunar rock – all of that, and more, in your weekly numerical wrap-up.
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Feb 25th 2012, 6:59 PM
# Astronomy
There's a $5m lump of moon rock in a dump in Finglas
An astronomer tells the BBC that a piece of rock collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts is sitting in a dump in North Dublin.
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Feb 20th 2012, 9:59 AM