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Inside America's Greatest Adventure
From JFK's real motives to the Soviets' secret plot to land on the Moon at the same time, a new behind-the-scenes view of Apollo 11's unlikely triumph 50 years ago
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Apollo at 50
New tributes to the ultimate space epic blast off this summer at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
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El Maestro
Mexico's most important living artist mixes magical realism with passionate rebellion
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American Idyll
Kick off your shoes and jump into summer's most refreshing tradition, a lazy afternoon at the local swimming hole
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Return to the Titanic
The daredevil inventor behind the world's first deep-diving passenger submarine sets his sights on the most famous shipwreck of all
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The First Computers Were Human
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