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NASA astronauts have shared how the moon landing evokes tons of pride ahead of the release of First Man, which recounts the successful mission.

In the clip shared exclusively with Popular Mechanics, astronauts Scott Kelly, Garret Reisman and Peggy Whitson talk about the ingenuity and risk-taking that thrust Apollo 11 to the lunar surface and America to the top of the Space Race in 1969. Reisman says the moon landing is still "the gold standard for doing something incredibly hard," even as technology has evolved far beyond its late 20th century capabilities.

Kelly echoes those sentiments, saying: "They did some pretty amazing things with some pretty basic technology." Whitson homes in on the NASA ethos, too: "NASA's motto should be making even impossible things look easy."



Defying the impossible is at the core of First Man, starring Ryan Gosling, which is set for release next Friday, October 12. The above clip will play in IMAX theaters before screenings of Venom, which releases a week prior on October 5.

Until then, read up on the history of Apollo 11 to get you ready for the movie.

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