Three days before Apollo 11 launched into history, the Chicago Sunday Sun-Times released this special newspaper. With an illustration of astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the Moon, the story detailed parts of the mission. Unfortunately, the writer incorrectly stated that Armstrong would step foot on the Moon in the early hours of July 21, but he actually took those first steps on Sunday, July 20.

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