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Apollo 11 50th Anniversary | wtol.com
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Ohio Senate bill seeks to declare Aug. 17 Gene Kranz day
The bipartisan Senate Bill 287, which had its first reading at the statehouse Thursday, declares Aug. 17 as "Eugene 'Gene' F. Kranz Day."
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WATCH: Apollo 11 rocket and anniversary show projected on Washington Monument
Starting Friday night, the National Air and Space Museum is projecting a 17 minute show of the Apollo 11 launch onto the side of the Washington Monument.
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Trump marks Apollo 11 anniversary by meeting its astronauts
President Trump was also briefed on his administration's plans to send astronauts back to the moon and onto Mars.
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Central Catholic's 'Moon Room' houses moon rock from alumnus and Apollo 11 flight director Gene Kranz
Kranz says he developed his love for aviation while attending Central Catholic.
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Nixon's phone call to the moon caught the Apollo 11 astronauts off guard
President Nixon described his call to the moon as the most historic phone call ever made from the White House. But the astronauts didn't know what to do.
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Central Catholic's 'Moon Room' features out of this world memorabilia
WATCH: Armstrong, Aldrin depart the moon after historic mission
'One Small Step For Man': Restored NASA video of Apollo 11 moonwalk
Apollo 11 at 50: Columbia and Eagle undock before moon landing
'The Eagle has landed': Apollo 11 lands on the moon
'We have liftoff!': Historic footage of the Apollo 11 countdown and launch
WATCH: NASA's original footage from Apollo 11's historic launch
Fun facts about the Apollo 11 mission to the moon
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Google's Apollo 11 Doodle is an animated journey with Michael Collins
The special Google Doodle features an animated recreation of the mission narrated by one of the Apollo 11 astronauts.
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'In Event of Moon Disaster': Nixon’s speech if Apollo 11 astronauts did not return
For almost 30 years, only a handful of people knew about the speech written for Nixon in case tragedy struck the Apollo 11 mission.
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Flight commander Gene Kranz - a graduate of Central Catholic - directed the mission that put man on the moon
Kranz spoke about that Apollo 11 mission 50 years ago, what it meant and where we go from here.
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Apollo 11 moon landing remains one of the most watched TV moments
The Apollo 11 moon landing held the record for TV viewership for more than a decade.
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Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins shared stories and recalled the tension surrounding the crew on the day the Saturn V rocket blasted off.
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The forgotten and loneliest hero behind Apollo 11's success
Humans landed on the moon 50 years ago. But there was one forgotten hero who was in the loneliest seat in the solar system, ensuring the historic moment happened.
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Apollo 11 astronauts return to launchpad 50 years later
NASA has invited Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.
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Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world
Back in 1961, NASA had barely 15 minutes of human suborbital flight under its belt when JFK issued the challenge of landing a man on the moon by decade's end.
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Answering the top questions about Apollo 11
These are the top questions people have been asking online about Apollo 11 and the moon landing.
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