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They were all early US space programs that put man into space, and eventually onto the surface of the moon.

They also all launched capsules that rode atop rockets (rather than on the side like the shuttle) and returned to earth via parchute, landing in the water, unlike the shuttle which glides in on wings and lands like an ariplane.

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