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The Cambridge scientist who got man to the moon
Telling the vital role Cambridge scientist Tom Bacon played in the Apollo 11 mission.
University of Cambridge scientist Tom Bacon is rarely mentioned when it comes to the achievements of the successful Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969.
But were it not for his pioneering of hydrogen-oxygen full cell technology, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins may well not have got there.
Emma Craig tells the story of the "pioneer who was ahead of his time".
(Photo credit: University of Cambridge)
