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Monday, 6 May 2019

How to land on the Moon

Artist's concept of a Lunar Module coming in for landing

When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon on July 20, 1969, it was one of the biggest milestones in human history. Today, we take it for granted that the lunar landing was possible, but at the time, no one had ever done anything remotely like it – let alone in a craft that had never been fully tested, the Lunar Module. In view of NASA's promise to return to the Moon in the next decade, this monumental also poses what is still a pertinent question: How does one land on the Moon?

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