Apollo in 50 Numbers

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
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