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"To me, it's always the human story," says NASA Chief Historian Dr. Brian Odom.

He's discussing the Apollo 11 Moon landing, which celebrated its 55th anniversary in July, 2024.

And the impact of the program, which was no less than revolutionary to education and the way the world reimagined the future.

Today, the lessons of the Apollo program still resonate, as NASA's Artemis program prepares to return humans to the Moon--and ultimately, to create a lunar outpost which may allow travel to Mars.

Brian talked about the circumstances which led to the Apollo Moon missions, the Apollo 11 launch h on July 16, 1969, and the lessons of the lunar landing and exploration which still resonate as NASA plans future space travel.

(Like to know more about the Apollo 11 Moon mission? Here's the link to NASA's history archive!)