Mystery of 'missing' Apollo moon landing tapes solved after nearly 60 years

The original high-quality transmission of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was recorded onto backup magnetic tapes, which were mistakenly wiped by NASA when reusing old tapes due to shortages


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