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Apollo 11 celebrates Moon landing

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Man set foot on the Moon for the first time 40 years ago.

It turned out to be one of six missions to the lunar surface - the last of which was in 1972.

Apollo 11 was a major victory for America over the Soviet Union in the race to conquer space.

Pallab Ghosh looks back at the first Moon landing using new digitally enhanced footage.

READ MORE: Why go back to the Moon?

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