HAPPENING NOW: NASA looks back on the 50th anniversary of Apollo11.
Fifty years ago this week, the Apollo 11 astronauts -- Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins -- suited up as America waited with bated breath: would the trio be the first Americans to set foot on the moon?"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth," he said in May 1961.
Americans counted the days -- with so many questions about the mission -- as did NASA. And then it was time.On July 16, 1969, families across the U.S. gathered in their living rooms -- and hundreds of millions around the world -- watched as the Apollo 11 lifted off into space. Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston housed the engineers and flight directors who worked tirelessly to ensure Apollo 11's mission was a success.
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