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		</div><p>Vice President Mike Pence has marked the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first moon landing at the Apollo 11 launch site.</p>
<p>Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin accompanied Mr Pence to Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre and showed him the pad where he began that momentous journey 50 years ago.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It was a great day at <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NASAKennedy</a> celebrating our nations heroic Apollo 11 astronauts! Neil, Buzz &; Michael not only helped America win the Space Race but helped everyone on earth see the wonder of all Creation when they stepped foot on the Moon 50 years ago! <a href="https://t.co/uTCNqQVycd">pic.twitter.com/uTCNqQVycd</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/1152746272744452096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Mr Aldrin later got a standing ovation during a speech by Pence.</p>
<p>Mission commander Neil Armstrong, the first man to step onto the moon on July 20, 1969, died seven years ago.</p>
<p>Command module pilot Michael Collins did not attend the Florida celebration.</p>
<p>Mr Pence said Apollo 11 is the only event of the 20th century that “stands a chance of being widely remembered in the 30th century”.</p>
<p>The vice president reiterated the Trump administration’s push to put Americans back on the moon by 2024.</p>
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