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After 2 years of study, NASA announced the selection of 5 possible Apollo landing sites on the Moon #OTD in 1968. The Sea of Tranquility (Site 2) was where Apollo 11 ultimately landed.

Read about the criteria that NASA used to choose the landing sites: https://go.nasa.gov/3Yjj3r1
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50 Years Ago: Lunar Landing Sites Selected

On February 8, 1968, after two years of study NASA’s Apollo Site Selection Board announced five potential landing sites for the first human lunar landing.
Mark Garcia (NASA)
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