One month from today will mark the 50th anniversary of humanity's first steps on the moon — but 50 years ago today, NASA still had plenty of work to do to make the Apollo 11 mission a success.
In the beginning of the month, on June 3, Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins met with the astronauts who had flown on Apollo 10: Thomas P. Stafford, Eugene A. Cernan and John W. Young. Because Apollo 10 was a "dress rehearsal" for the moon-landing mission, the trio of astronauts were the obvious people to consult before the launch. A couple of days later, Aldrin and Armstrong got some extra practice when they completed a simulation of the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) they would conduct on the moon.
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