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Apollo 11 | Knoxville, TN | wbir.com
Apollo 11
WATCH: We have liftoff | From Tennessee to the moon
Fifty years after liftoff, memories persist in the minds of Tennesseans who fought against the laws of gravity to help form the footprints immortalized there.
About Town
Ballinger Crazy Maze pays homage to moon landing
The latest Ballinger crazy maze is truly out of this world while celebrating 50th Anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11
East TN man one of the first faces Apollo 11 astronauts saw when they returned
Pat Lanclos was a swimmer for the Navy's recovery team.
News
First NASA flight director Chris Kraft dies at 95
Christopher Kraft, NASA's first flight director and the brains behind Mission Control, has died at the age of 95.
Apollo 11
Knoxville man remembers witnessing Apollo 11 launch
Fifty years ago, John Cofer watched Apollo 11 take off just three miles from where he was standing in Florida. Now, he's treasuring those memories.
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WATCH: We have liftoff | From Tennessee to the moon (Part 3)
WATCH: We have liftoff | From Tennessee to the moon (Part 2)
WATCH: We have liftoff | From Tennessee to the moon (Part 1)
Today marks 52 years since moon landing
How an East Tennessee man helped recover Apollo 11 crew
Knoxville man celebrates 50 years since the first steps on the moon
WATCH: Armstrong, Aldrin depart the moon after historic mission
'One Small Step For Man': Restored NASA video of Apollo 11 moonwalk
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WATCH: Apollo 11 rocket and anniversary show projected on Washington Monument
Starting Friday night, the National Air and Space Museum is projecting a 17 minute show of the Apollo 11 launch onto the side of the Washington Monument.
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Trump marks Apollo 11 anniversary by meeting its astronauts
President Trump was also briefed on his administration's plans to send astronauts back to the moon and onto Mars.
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Nixon's phone call to the moon caught the Apollo 11 astronauts off guard
President Nixon described his call to the moon as the most historic phone call ever made from the White House. But the astronauts didn't know what to do.
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Google's Apollo 11 Doodle is an animated journey with Michael Collins
The special Google Doodle features an animated recreation of the mission narrated by one of the Apollo 11 astronauts.
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'In Event of Moon Disaster': Nixon’s speech if Apollo 11 astronauts did not return
For almost 30 years only a handful of people knew about the speech written for Nixon in case tragedy struck the Apollo 11 mission.
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Apollo 11 moon landing remains one of the most watched TV moments
The Apollo 11 moon landing held the record for TV viewership for more than a decade.
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Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins shared stories and recalled the tension surrounding the crew on the day the Saturn V rocket blasted off.
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Lenoir City man designed first tool astronauts needed on the moon
The Ellis family still has the original, coffee-stained blueprints.
Nation World
The forgotten and loneliest hero behind Apollo 11's success
Humans landed on the moon 50 years ago. But there was one forgotten hero who was in the loneliest seat in the solar system, ensuring the historic moment happened.
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