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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Astronauts leave the building.

Apollo Crew

Led by mission commander Neil Armstrong, the crew of Apollo 11 leaves the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the prelaunch countdown, July 16, 1969. Armstrong is followed by crewmates Michael Collins, command module pilot, and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.

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