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Published on 2025-02-14 10:22:26 - MSN
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  • Documents on lunar exploration were replaced with a 404-error message on the NASA-backed Lunar and Planetary Institute's website.

The article from MSN discusses the sudden disappearance of NASA's Apollo 11 Moon landing tapes. These tapes, which contain the historic first steps of humans on the Moon, have gone missing from the National Archives. The loss was discovered during an audit, raising concerns about the preservation of significant historical records. NASA has confirmed the tapes are missing but has reassured the public that digital copies exist, although the original analog tapes are irreplaceable due to their historical and scientific value. This incident has sparked a debate on the importance of physical archives versus digital backups and has led to calls for a thorough investigation into how such an oversight could occur.

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