Minutes from landing on the surface of the moon, Neil Armstrong realizes he’s overshot his landing zone. With fuel running out, he decides to gamble on another landing spot – half a mile away. This was the moment of truth for the crew of Apollo 11: the final descent of the lunar module onto the moon.
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