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BACK TO THE MOON NASA’S BIGGEST MISSION IN OVER 50 YEARS WILL PUT BOOTS BACK ON THE MOON AND BRING US ONE STEP CLOSER TO MARS

The Moon has captured the attention of humans for as long as we have gazed upon the stars. Reflecting the Sun’s light into each dark night, its presence reminds us of the worlds beyond our own. But explorers in the form of astronauts have done much more than simply look upon it.

On 20 July 1969 the first humans landed on the Moon. As part of a series of missions dubbed the Apollo program, NASA astronauts returned to Earth with more knowledge of the

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