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When the moon was young, storms lashed its molten surface in a hot atmosphere.
The first people to walk on the moon had to bring their own air: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in July 1969 carried backpacks that supplied them with pure oxygen. They could have breathed outside the lander for a maximum of 6.5 hours. Of course, their only “moonwalk” was over after 2 hours and 32 minutes. Since NASA first wanted to test the reliability of the space suits in the new environment, the astronauts were not allowed to go more than 60 meters from their…
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