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Houston Mission Control Oversees Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Category Science, Technology & Space
Date July 20, 1969
Country United States

NASA flight controllers at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston oversaw Apollo 11 as its lunar module landed on the Moon. The first human lunar landing became one of the most consequential achievements in space exploration and firmly associated Houston with Mission Control.

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