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[Giveaway] - The Eagle Has Landed!

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    Greetings UFP!

    On this day back 50 years ago, 20th July 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 - Commander Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrun and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins perpared to achieve a pivotal moment in Human history. At 20:17:40 UTC, that moment became reality as the Eagle landed 400 meters west of West crater, as the Columbia watched from lunar orbit. Armstrong became the first Human to ever set foot on another celestial body other than the Earth.

    What would become the Apollo Program was first conceived during the term of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and was later dedicated to the national goal set by President John F. Kennedy during his speech on May 25th 1961. Apollo marked a cruicial stage in space exploration. Sadly it began with tragedy during mission AS-204, when Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Ed White & Roger B. Chaffee were all killed as a result of a cabin fire that also destroyed the craft. NASA later designated the mission Apollo 1 in honour of the astronauts. After 7 more missions, Apollo 11 became the first to achieve the goal. 6 further landing missions followed that day, however Apollo 13 after suffering damage en-route to the moon was not able to complete the mission, but still returned safely to Earth.

    To mark the day and in the spirt of exploration, you've no doubt already seen the forum banner taken from the Apollo 11 photographs. The mission patches from the 12 crewed Apollo missions have been hidden around the site and the first 3 people to PM me with their locations, alongside the date of each mission launch, will win a game of their choice from our key database. To help you on the journey, here's the clues to find what you're looking for.

    And a special thanks to Jordan and his technical expertise for putting this together for me last night!

    - This is where the Journey begins for us all
    - Mission Control for the UFP
    - A Dreadnaught from another time was awarded here.
    - You might get yourself randomly banned if you turn up here above someone.
    - Best check here before putting on your new uniform!
    - The Eagle has landed and sent us back some images!
    - One of these would have been handy to simulate the missions during training.
    - If you have a question, you may find the answer to it here.
    - These are used to recognise the members for their accomplishments across the UFP.
    - Those who flew the missions were an elite force.
    - This is where you contact mission control!
    - For those that have walked amongst the stars here at the UFP, you’ll find them all here.

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    #2
    We have 2 winners already! First through the gates was Bedders and he was followed by Infinity, congrats!
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    #3
    And winner number 3 is here, it's Seapanda, congratulations!

    Bedders, Infinity and Seapanda each win a choice from our high tier key database, given the historical nature of today.

    I'm going to do a last minute switch up though, the next 3 people who provide answers will be given a choice of key from our medium or low tier database. Good luck!
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    #4
    Though we're in a slow patch at the moment due to the summer, there's one last winner who has appeared and that's Arlu3n, congrats!

    Winners will be contacted no later than tomorrow for their prize choices.
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