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1. Does the Apollo 11 mission patch have the names of the crew on it?
2. We know that landing on the moon took place on July the 20th 1969 (21st in places like Australia and New Zealand). What date was the launch site lift off?
3. When Neil Armstrong stepped on to the lunar surface, which radio telescope was used to receive the historic pictures?
4. The TLI burn sent the spacecraft from Earth orbit towards the moon. What does TLI stand for?
5. The command module, Columbia, was the only piece of the spacecraft to come back to Earth. Where is its permanent home?
6. A piece of moon rock, brought back by Apollo 11, was embedded in the center of the Space Window. This is a stained glass window located in which cathedral?
7. After the rather dramatic landing when Armstrong took manual control of the LEM, the computer was giving sporatic error codes, and the LEM was running out of fuel, Armstrong sent the message back "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Who was the CAPCOM that replied "Roger Twank ... Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. We have a bunch of guys here about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot."?
8. What do all three members of the Apollo 11 crew have in common?
9. After Armstrong and Aldrin re-entered the LEM, a circuit breaker that would arm the ascent engine was broken. What was used to activate the switch?
10. At the 27th Science Fiction Worldcon in 1969, were the crew of Apollo 11 presented with a Hugo?
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