To the Moon

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NASA

Planting the Flag
Aldrin (above) and Armstrong took many small steps on the moon. Giant leaps were taken by five later Apollo missions, all of which deposited astronauts on the spheroid. But man hasn't set foot on the dusty surface since 1972.

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