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Looking back at the moon landing

Watch a 1994 NBC retrospective about the Apollo 11 moon mission and what it meant for humanity.
/ Source: NBC News

The world watched in wonder as humans walked on the moon for the first time on July 20, 1969. For many, the Apollo 11 mission ranked as one of humanity’s greatest triumphs. “Apollo 11 reached into the realm of myth and legend,” the late astronomer Carl Sagan told NBC News in 1994. Watch NBC’s retrospective on the mission, first presented for the 25th anniversary of Apollo 11.