It was 50 years ago that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to feel an alien gravity tugging at them. By landing on the moon on July 20, 1969, a mere 66 years after the first powered flight by the Wright brothers, the two astronauts met the challenge set by John F. Kennedy seven years earlier to land men on the moon before the end of the decade.
Bringing the moon to Earth
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Diwali
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Why, aloe there
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The circular castle of Cornwall
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Cranborne Chase, England
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Work out on your way to work
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The Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland
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Red squirrel
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