‘We go for all and by all’: Artemis II crew certain of moon mission success

Called humanity's crew', the four-person team comprises the first woman and the first person of color on a lunar assignment

At a press conference on 5 July 1969, 11 days before the launch of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins sat on stage in a plastic box with blowers making sure they did not inhale airborne germs from the sizeable gathering of journalists.

Asked about the risk of getting stranded on the moon, Armstrong replied: Well, that's an unpleasant thing to think about."