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Man on the Moon

Forty years ago today, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface and made history. VIEW OUR GALLERY of triumphant space moments, our big fat story on where our space program will head next, recollections of Apollo 11, and much more.

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View Our Gallery of Amazing Moments in Space

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Gallery: Casting the Apollo 11 Movie

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BFS: Should We Go to Mars?

As the 40th anniversary of the moon landing approaches, one of the original moonwalkers, Buzz Aldrin, wants us to go to Mars.

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