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The USSR initially led in space exploration in the 1950s and 60s, and after several failures managed to get the first object onto the moon in 1959 - Luna 2, although it was a crash more than a surface landing, and was followed by quite a list of other unmanned probes which crashed either intentionally or unintentionally. A proper landing didn't happen until Luna 9 landed on the surface in 1966. By then, the United States had already started crashing probes beginning with Ranger 4 in 1962, and after several others, a proper landing of Surveyor 1 in 1966. The Apollo missions famously got the first human to another celestial body, crashing the Apollo 10 descent stage onto the moon in 1969, then in that same year successfully landing the Apollo 11 lunar module allowing Armstrong and Aldrin to be the first people to walk on the surface of another celestial body.

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Why was Apollo 11 remarkable?

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