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Posted on May 24, 2017

Crew training for Apollo 11 was already complicated by the need to master the controls of two different and very complex spacecrafts, as well as the space suit, but now the mission took on new dimensions, principally in learning how to set a 14.5-metric-ton lunar module safely down on the moon.

3-Armstrong practices in the lunar module simulator

2-Niel and Buzz LM Simulator

1-For several years they also trained on the lunar landing training vehicle, at Langley Research Center, to simulate landing the lunar module.