October 15, 2024
After returning from their trip to the moon, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins had to go through U.S. customs as though they were returning from a foreign nation. They declared moon rocks and moon dust.
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What Have We Left on the Moon?
In July 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made history as the first human beings to land on the Moon’s surface. Five more crewed missions made it to the Moon in the years that followed before the Apollo program ended in 1972. To date, 24 astronauts (all Americans) have visited the Moon, 12 of
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