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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=”BCKmORtH”]Video: John F. Kennedy starts the great moon race

[video_player id=”iPX0sll9″]Video: US vs USSR: The moon race is on

[video_player id=”igPEIDL7″]Video: The first woman in space

[video_player id=”bnhPz4nC”]Video: The first spacewalk

[video_player id=”li8mS0I3″]Video: Neil Armstrong makes the first emergency landing

[video_player id=”6dh0OI2v”]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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