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Apollo 11 launch: 'If you can survive the simulations, the mission is a piece of cake'


Apollo 11 took off for the moon this week in 1969. To prepare the astronauts, Nasa put them through gruelling, relentless simulations – and BBC Tomorrow's World paid a visit.

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