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Apollo Unmanned Missions

Apollo program test flights proved the safety of their launch vehicle and spacecraft to carry astronauts safely, and four crewed missions followed shortly afterwards. Neil Armstrong made history when he stepped off of the Lunar Module ladder on July 20, 1969 before hundreds of millions of viewers. His mission was to land in Descartes Highlands […]

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Unmanned Spacecraft on the Moon

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NASA began exploring the Moon long before Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot there, sending unmanned spacecraft missions that provided invaluable data about landing techniques and helped scientists understand its environment. These missions gave NASA vital knowledge about landing techniques while providing scientific understanding of what life might look like on the

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