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With 30 seconds of fuel left, a computer alarm nearly aborted the first Moon landing

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11's lunar module Eagle drifted off-course toward a boulder field while its guidance computer threw unexplained alarms. Neil Armstrong took manual control and set down with roughly 25 seconds of fuel remaining. 'The Eagle has landed' followed, watched live by an estimated 600 million people worldwide.

NASA, Apollo 11 — mission history, 1969

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