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Team spirit - The crew of Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong (left), Michael Collins (center), and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

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The destination -

The landing site.

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Apollo 11 launch - July 16, 1969. Saturn V launches from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex in Florida. 

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In lunar orbit - Apollo 11 command/service module Columbia in lunar orbit, photographed from the lunar module Eagle.

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Ascent to the lunar surface - The Apollo 11 lunar module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin aboard, is photographed from the command and service modules in lunar orbit.

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The "Eagle" has landed - Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong pictured inside the lunar module after landing on the surface.

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The second man on the moon - Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin was the lunar module pilot, and followed Armstrong onto the moon.

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One small step... - A mounted slowscan TV camera showing Armstrong as he climbs down the ladder to the surface and into history.

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Working on the moon - Neil Armstrong works at the lunar module in one of the few photos taken of him on the moon from the surface. 

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Patriot - Buzz Aldrin on the moon salutes the US flag. 

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A picture of the age - Buzz Aldrin poses on the Moon, allowing Neil Armstrong to photograph both of them using the visor's reflection.

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Lunar experiments - Aldrin next to the Passive Seismic Experiment Package with Eagle in the background. 

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A long way from home - Earth rises above the moon's horizon during the Apollo 11 lunar mission.

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Walking on the moon - The iconic image of Buzz Aldrin's bootprint embedded in the lunar surface. 

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Splashdown - On July 24, the command module Columbia splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. Pictured, divers assist in retrieving the astronauts. 

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Potential biohazard -

The returning astronauts in their Biological Isolation Garments aboard the USS Hornet.

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Presidential greeting - The crew of Apollo 11 in quarantine after returning to Earth are visited by US President Richard Nixon. 

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Homecoming - In August 1969, the three astronauts rode in ticker-tape parades through a number of US cities held to honor their accomplishment. They are pictured in New York.

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Space medal of honor - Neil Armstrong receives the first Congressional Space Medal of Honor from US President Jimmy Carter in 1978.  Subsequent Apollo mission astronauts Pete Conrad (left) and Frank Borman (second left) look on.

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40th anniversary celebrations - President Barack Obama hosts Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong in the White House July 20, 2009.

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Valuable souvenir - An Apollo 11 emblem, flown into lunar orbit and signed by Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin, sold for US$62,500 at the Space History Sale at Bonham's auction house in New York, 2014.

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Controversial sale - In 2017, a moon rock bag used by Neil Armstrong and laced with moon dust sold at auction for US$1 million, Smithsonian reported.

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Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal - Michael Collins deep in thought before he and his fellow crew members receive the Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

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The Congressional Gold Medal - The three Apollo astronauts and John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, were awarded the medals in 2011. 

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They did reach the moon! - In 2012, the Apollo 11 landing site was photographed from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The images finally put to bed rumors that the landing did not take place.

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Neil Armstrong dies - Neil Armstrong died on August 25, 2012 from complications after heart surgery. His cremated remains were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean. 

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Historic exhibit - The Apollo 11 command module Columbia on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

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The "Space Window" -

A tiny piece of moon rock is embedded in a stained glass window in Washington National Cathedral.

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'First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong' -

Ryan Gosling starred in a film adaptation of 'First Man,' based on Neil Armstrong's official biography.

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