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Apollo in 50 Numbers

Lunar rover, Apollo 15 (Credit: Nasa)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

Apollo in 50 numbers: The full list

Apollo 15 rover (Credit: Nasa)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

Footsteps that changed human history

By Richard Hollingham
US flag on Moon (Credit: Nasa/Getty Images)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

Space stamps that sparked a scandal

By Richard Hollingham
Apollo 4 on launchpad (Credit: Nasa)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

The 25-billion-dollar gamble

By Richard Hollingham
Lander module leaving Moon (Credit: Nasa/Getty Images)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

The iconic images of our lonely home

By Richard Hollingham
Apollo 11 launch (Credit: Getty Images)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

The supercomputer ejected into space

By Richard Hollingham
Apollo astronaut and lander (Credit: Nasa)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

How many marathons to the Moon?

By Richard Hollingham
The food on the Apollo missions was a geat improvement on earlier programmes – for one thing they could be eaten with a spoon (Credit: Getty Images)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

The bizarre food of Apollo's astronauts

By Richard Hollingham
The Saturn V team had to redesign the rocket to ensure it didn't create forces strong enough to kill the crew (Credit: Nasa)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

The giant rocket with a mighty mission

By Richard Hollingham
Launch of Apollo 16 (Credit: Getty Images)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

The astronaut who got a cold in orbit

Hundreds of thousands of people worked in order that a handful of astronauts could walk on the lunar surface (Credit: Nasa)
Apollo in 50 Numbers

Apollo's 400,000 hidden helpers

By Richard Hollingham