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Part 2 of 4 - Moon Landing - A History of Americans in Space


         
 
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Part 2 of 4 - 450k   Neil Armstrong begins his descent to the foot of the steps to become the first man on the moon in July 1969.
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Second by second breakdown and analysis of the video clip

0:00 - 0:20
16 July 1969
The world's most powerful rocket - Saturn V - launches the Apollo 11 crew towards a historic first Moon landing.

0:20 - 0:52
20 July 1969
The Apollo 11 capsule, Eagle, gingerly descends towards its landing site on the Moon's Sea of Tranquillity.

0:52 - 1:23
20/21 July 1969
Neil Armstrong is set to become the first man on the Moon.

1:23 - 1:44
21-24 April 1972
Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke road-tests NASA's battery-powered lunar rover.

1:44 - 2:07
11-14 December 1972
A lighter moment during the last moon-landing, Apollo 17.

2:07 - 2:15
14 December 1972
The final crew of lunar astronauts blast off from the Moon…

2:15 - 2:29
… to a safe landing on planet Earth.

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