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Video special: Key events that took Apollo to the moon

From Kennedy's space aspirations to the first death in space, Roger Highfield explores key events in the run up to the moon landing

By Roger Highfield

21 July 2009

[video_player id=鈥滲CKmORtH鈥漖Video: John F. Kennedy starts the great moon race

[video_player id=鈥漣PX0sll9鈥砞Video: US vs USSR: The moon race is on

[video_player id=鈥漣gPEIDL7鈥砞Video: The first woman in space

[video_player id=鈥漛nhPz4nC鈥漖Video: The first spacewalk

[video_player id=鈥漧i8mS0I3鈥砞Video: Neil Armstrong makes the first emergency landing

[video_player id=鈥�6dh0OI2v鈥漖Video: Astronauts die as capsule explodes

Race for the Moon. — Race for the Moon.
(Image: NASA)

See the other videos in part 2

Read more: Apollo 11: Why the moon still matters

Topics: History / Space flight

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