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Space

Key events that took Apollo to the moon, part 2

By Roger Highfield

21 July 2009

Video: The first death in space
Video: Moon orbit is reached
Video: The dream is under way
Video: The Apollo lander touches down safely
Video: Neil Armstrong is the first man on the moon
Video: What the future holds

Read more: Apollo 11: Why the moon still matters

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